From the Jill Schwartz Memorial Library, here in Sultries, Savannah, this is Obscure Season

3, Wuthering Heights, I am your host, your friend, your ear lover, your literary mansplainer

in chief, and Georgianologist Michael E. and Black Southern gentleman Esquire.

Starting a new chapter today, that's always an exciting time when we start a new chapter,

chapter 25, about to begin today.

I mean, we're quickly running out of chapters to even read, and still it's sort of like,

what is this book about, you know, still we're 25 chapters in, and it's kind of like,

all right, you're telling me a tale, but what is it about?

Is it about revenge?

Is it about trauma?

Is it Freudian?

What is it about?

What are the main themes emerging here from Wuthering Heights?

You know, I'm reminded of the song Tainted Love by Soft Cell.

Let me crank up the old research machine and get the lyrics for Tainted Love.

I'm drinking it up here, I'm not the song, but one of the lyrics, how much is Tainted

Love the lyrics, just like the book Wuthering Heights?

Sometimes I feel I've got to run away, I've got to get away from the pain you drive into

the heart of me.

So so far, yeah, okay, sometimes I feel like I've got to run away, yeah, that could describe

many characters in Wuthering Heights, I've got to get away, sure.

And the pain you drive into the heart of me, well, who's the you?

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