What kind of love is at work in "Pride and Prejudice" and "Wuthering Heights"?

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  • Purificación Sánchez Hernández University of Murcia

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https://doi.org/10.18172/jes.95

Abstract

Pride and Prejudice and Wuthering Heights are two novels where love has a central and important role. However, they portray two different types of love. In Pride and Prejudice there is love and love turns to marriage. The characters in this novel are able to fall in love and defend their love within the boundaries of what is considered socially acceptable. In Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte is intense in her treatment of passion which is a passion that turns to violence. The characters show some of the more deeply buried emotions and tendencies. Love and passion will be analysed using a digitalised copy of both novels to determine what kind of feelings are present in both novels.

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Journal of English Studies, 4 (2003-2004)

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29-05-2004

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Sánchez Hernández, P. (2004). What kind of love is at work in "Pride and Prejudice" and "Wuthering Heights"?. Journal of English Studies, 4, 185–196. https://doi.org/10.18172/jes.95

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