Wuthering heights - new versions

Cambsnan

But we still tell girls that when a boy is mean to you, he like you!

O good grief

Who do you mean by ‘we’ Cabsnan ?I certainly don’t and never have.
Are we to restrict the reading of Shakespeare? Macbeth for one is not a character we would encourage youngsters to emulate, nor Lady Macbeth either.

Well said, M0nica! You can appreciate the literary merits of a book without necessarily having to like the characters, surely? WH wasn't my cup of tea either - but I'd never suggest anyone shouldn't read it and form their own opinions.

Why would anyone ever think that if they read about some glamourised villain in a book it might teach them to fall for one.

if someone's reading skills and intelligence are up to reading Wuthering Heights their intelligence is up to realising that it is fiction.

Perssonally, I disliked the book intensely when I read it. I thought the characters defied belief in their silliness and their actions went well past the boundary of stupidity.

I have never liked books that feature stupid women (that includes Madam Bovary among others)

I would never ever stop anyone reading them. They have literary merit and are works of fiction not fact.

But we still tell girls that when a boy is mean to you, he like you!

Is this today’s Lang/Lt assignment? Filmakers return to WH for its dramatic appeal, windswept moors, isolation, be that geographical, emotional, social, educational, (well exploited by Dickens) some nudging as gently as they dare against the implied incest inherent in the tale.
I don’t believe we teach our girls to accept boorish manners and behaviour any more than we would expect our sons to hang kittens from the back of a chair.
WH is disturbing, but then so was East Lynne

I hated it as a teenager but have read it three times since in various groups and appreciate it (the writing and plot far more.
Heathcliff was a psychopath, but Cathy was equally controlling; callous, spiteful and jealous.
A horrid warning.

If you are old enough to read and appreciate Wuthering Heights, then I would suggest you are old enough to form your own opinion. I was a prolific reader of adult books when I was young. I read it about the age of twelve and could recognise that Heathcliff was a product of his upbringing but that didn't make him likeable. I disliked the characters in it and didn't enjoy it even then

Well, you would be banning many books that don’t meet today’s standards, not just WH.