Wuthering Heights: Chapters 22-28

Close Reads Podcast

Goldberry Studios

Arts, Books

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 18 August 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Welcome back to our ongoing conversation about Emily Bronte’s novel! This week we discuss whether it’s too melodramatic, Heathcliff’s malevolence, Cathy’s kindness to pathetic Linton, and much more. Happy listening!

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0:00.0	Hey, I'm David Kern.
0:03.9	I'm Heidi White.
0:05.6	And I'm Sean Johnson.
0:06.8	And you are listening to Closer Read.
0:08.7	It's a podcast for the Incurable Reader on which we are discussing Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights.
0:15.5	And in particular, we are discussing chapters 22 through 28.
0:20.2	It's good to be back with you guys. Thanks for holding down
0:22.6	the fort, Heidi, Sean. Thanks for making, you know, making do. You know what? Probably thriving
0:27.8	without me is probably the better way of putting it. I appreciate that.
0:31.3	I don't know. I feel like I'm in a bind right now because it's way better with you,
0:36.7	but we're also professionals who can handle it.
0:39.5	Yeah, that's right.
0:40.0	Have great conversations with one another.
0:43.3	We do better when you're not here.
0:46.0	No, we do worse.
0:46.8	No, we do exactly the same.
0:48.9	Ah, no.
0:50.2	You mean you weren't reaching for more?
0:52.0	We all belong together.
0:53.0	A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.
0:55.9	That's right. That's exactly.
0:56.5	We even said that, didn't we?
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