Read-Along (Spring 2025)

Reading Schedule March 20-May 15

Let’s Read Wuthering Heights…

I have decided I am going to begin reading Wuthering Heights on March 20 — the Spring Equinox — and publish summary essays each Sunday.¹

Wuthering Heights, Perry J Delf Smith | Source

Turn on notifications for Read With Me in your subscription settings if you’d like to join me! Below, I have posted a suggested reading schedule. The schedule is organized using Brontë’s two-volume format (single-volume chapter numbers are in parentheses).

I’ve also included the approximate number of pages assigned for the week.

March 20     
Volume I:   Chapters I-III (1-3)
Summary: "Time Stagnates Here"
(25 pages)
March 27     
Volume I:   Chapters IV-VII (4-7)
Summary: "It is for God to Punish Wicked People"
(24 pages)
April 3         
Volume I:   Chapters VIII-X (8-10)
Summary: "He is Always, Always in My Mind"
(35 pages)
April 10       
Volume I:   Chapters XI-XIV (11-14)
Summary: "Open the Window Again Wide"
(37 pages)
April 17       
Volume II: Chapters I-III (15-17)
Summary: "The Last of Our Fine Days"
(25 pages)
April 24       
Volume II: Chapters IV-VII (18-21)
Summary: "Just Beyond Those Hills"
(31 pages)
May 1           
Volume II: Chapters VIII-XIII (22-27)
Summary: "The Approach of What is Coming"
(36 pages)
May 8           
Volume II: Chapters XIV-XVII (28-31)
Summary: "The Spectre of a Hope"
(20 pages)
May 15
Volume II: Chapters XVIII-XX (32-34)
Summary: 'Unquiet Slumbers'
(26 pages)

Wuthering Heights is a story heavy on dialogue, so while reading multiple chapters in a single week may seem daunting, worry not! some chapters include as few as 3 pages.

To aid in comprehension of the material, I’ve designed the schedule to keep themes, passages of time and/or dramatic episodes grouped together. Remember, you’re not required to read-along with me—go at your own pace! I will publish summaries for each week’s ‘assignment’ on its following Sunday—read them at your leisure.

I welcome your comments on each summary post or, if you use Notes, you may tag me there! I’ve not decided whether or not I wish to use Chat for reading discussions (no one seems to enjoy using it…the jury is still out?).

Reminder: I am reading the Fifth Norton Critical Edition (2019) of Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, Ed. by Alexandra Lewis. You are welcome to read any edition you like; my only suggestion is that it be unabridged.

Abridged editions can be a bit wobbly.

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Reading assignment summaries will be located under the Read With Me heading on the website, find the assignment you’ve just completed and share your thoughts in its comments section.

Full Disclosure: I ♡ Wuthering Heights

Emily Jane Brontë astounds me with her subtle statements on the age in which she lived. Her passion for the natural world and the places in which she rambled—they are celebrated throughout the novel—to its very end.

What intrigues me most? I am enamored with her gift of delicately interweaving the work of domestic life with shocking and unsettling elements from Gothic literature.

This is my first read-along. Each time I read the novel, I slow down. This will be an exercise in slowing down and having an opportunity to learn from my readers what you are thinking—please do share your thoughts.

Thank you for being here—and being part of my Symbolism & Structure community!

1. Note: Easter is April 20, 2025