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O Monte dos Vendavais
Tradução de Paulo Faria.
Prefácio de Hélia Correia.
«Poucas obras tiveram tempo de concepção tão prolongado como Wuthering Heights que, na verdade, deve ter nascido no dia em que nasceu Emily Brontë. Nunca entre um livro e o seu autor aconteceu maior intimidade, no sentido de um crescimento em pura simbiose.» [Hélia Correia]
«É como se Emily Brontë desfizesse tudo aquilo que conhecemos dos seres humanos e preenchesse essas transparências irreconhecíveis com um sopro de vida que faz com que elas transcendam a realidade.» [Virginia Woolf]
«Um livro diabólico — um monstro incrível… A ação tem lugar no inferno — mas parece que os lugares e as pessoas têm nomes ingleses.» [Dante Gabriel Rossetti]
Prefácio de Hélia Correia.
«Poucas obras tiveram tempo de concepção tão prolongado como Wuthering Heights que, na verdade, deve ter nascido no dia em que nasceu Emily Brontë. Nunca entre um livro e o seu autor aconteceu maior intimidade, no sentido de um crescimento em pura simbiose.» [Hélia Correia]
«É como se Emily Brontë desfizesse tudo aquilo que conhecemos dos seres humanos e preenchesse essas transparências irreconhecíveis com um sopro de vida que faz com que elas transcendam a realidade.» [Virginia Woolf]
«Um livro diabólico — um monstro incrível… A ação tem lugar no inferno — mas parece que os lugares e as pessoas têm nomes ingleses.» [Dante Gabriel Rossetti]
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Published February 22, 2016
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Emily Brontë
1,456 books13.6k followersEmily Brontë was an English novelist and poet whose singular contribution to literature, Wuthering Heights, is now celebrated as one of the most powerful and original novels in the English language. Born into the remarkable Brontë family on 30 July 1818 in Thornton, Yorkshire, she was the fifth of six children of Maria Branwell and Patrick Brontë, an Irish clergyman. Her early life was marked by both intellectual curiosity and profound loss. After the death of her mother in 1821 and the subsequent deaths of her two eldest sisters in 1825, Emily and her surviving siblings— Charlotte, Anne, and Branwell—were raised in relative seclusion in the moorland village of Haworth, where their imaginations flourished in a household shaped by books, storytelling, and emotional intensity.
The Brontë children created elaborate fictional worlds, notably Angria and later Gondal, which served as an outlet for their creative energies. Emily, in particular, gravitated toward Gondal, a mysterious, windswept imaginary land she developed with her sister Anne. Her early poetry, much of it steeped in the mythology and characters of Gondal, demonstrated a remarkable lyrical force and emotional depth. These poems remained private until discovered by Charlotte in 1845, after which Emily reluctantly agreed to publish them in the 1846 collection Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, using the pseudonym Ellis Bell to conceal her gender. Though the volume sold few copies, critics identified Emily’s poems as the strongest in the collection, lauding her for their music, power, and visionary quality.
Emily was intensely private and reclusive by nature. She briefly attended schools in Cowan Bridge and Roe Head but was plagued by homesickness and preferred the solitude of the Yorkshire moors, which inspired much of her work. She worked briefly as a teacher but found the demands of the profession exhausting. She also studied in Brussels with Charlotte in 1842, but again found herself alienated and yearning for home. Throughout her life, Emily remained closely bonded with her siblings, particularly Anne, and with the landscape of Haworth, where she drew on the raw, untamed beauty of the moors for both her poetry and her fiction.
Her only novel, Wuthering Heights, was published in 1847, a year after the poetry collection, under her pseudonym Ellis Bell. Initially met with a mixture of admiration and shock, the novel’s structure, emotional intensity, and portrayal of violent passion and moral ambiguity stood in stark contrast to the conventions of Victorian fiction. Many readers, unable to reconcile its power with the expected gentility of a woman writer, assumed it had been written by a man. The novel tells the story of Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw—two characters driven by obsessive love, cruelty, and vengeance—and explores themes of nature, the supernatural, and the destructive power of unresolved emotion. Though controversial at the time, Wuthering Heights is now considered a landmark in English literature, acclaimed for its originality, psychological insight, and poetic vision.
Emily's personality has been the subject of much speculation, shaped in part by her sister Charlotte’s later writings and by Victorian biographies that often sought to romanticize or domesticate her character. While some accounts depict her as intensely shy and austere, others highlight her fierce independence, deep empathy with animals, and profound inner life. She is remembered as a solitary figure, closely attuned to the rhythms of the natural world, with a quiet but formidable intellect and a passion for truth and freedom. Her dog, Keeper, was a constant companion and, according to many, a window into her capacity for fierce, loyal love.
Emily Brontë died of tuberculosis on 19 December 1848 at the age of thirty, just a year after the publication of her novel. Her early death, following those of her brother Branwell and soon to
The Brontë children created elaborate fictional worlds, notably Angria and later Gondal, which served as an outlet for their creative energies. Emily, in particular, gravitated toward Gondal, a mysterious, windswept imaginary land she developed with her sister Anne. Her early poetry, much of it steeped in the mythology and characters of Gondal, demonstrated a remarkable lyrical force and emotional depth. These poems remained private until discovered by Charlotte in 1845, after which Emily reluctantly agreed to publish them in the 1846 collection Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell, using the pseudonym Ellis Bell to conceal her gender. Though the volume sold few copies, critics identified Emily’s poems as the strongest in the collection, lauding her for their music, power, and visionary quality.
Emily was intensely private and reclusive by nature. She briefly attended schools in Cowan Bridge and Roe Head but was plagued by homesickness and preferred the solitude of the Yorkshire moors, which inspired much of her work. She worked briefly as a teacher but found the demands of the profession exhausting. She also studied in Brussels with Charlotte in 1842, but again found herself alienated and yearning for home. Throughout her life, Emily remained closely bonded with her siblings, particularly Anne, and with the landscape of Haworth, where she drew on the raw, untamed beauty of the moors for both her poetry and her fiction.
Her only novel, Wuthering Heights, was published in 1847, a year after the poetry collection, under her pseudonym Ellis Bell. Initially met with a mixture of admiration and shock, the novel’s structure, emotional intensity, and portrayal of violent passion and moral ambiguity stood in stark contrast to the conventions of Victorian fiction. Many readers, unable to reconcile its power with the expected gentility of a woman writer, assumed it had been written by a man. The novel tells the story of Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw—two characters driven by obsessive love, cruelty, and vengeance—and explores themes of nature, the supernatural, and the destructive power of unresolved emotion. Though controversial at the time, Wuthering Heights is now considered a landmark in English literature, acclaimed for its originality, psychological insight, and poetic vision.
Emily's personality has been the subject of much speculation, shaped in part by her sister Charlotte’s later writings and by Victorian biographies that often sought to romanticize or domesticate her character. While some accounts depict her as intensely shy and austere, others highlight her fierce independence, deep empathy with animals, and profound inner life. She is remembered as a solitary figure, closely attuned to the rhythms of the natural world, with a quiet but formidable intellect and a passion for truth and freedom. Her dog, Keeper, was a constant companion and, according to many, a window into her capacity for fierce, loyal love.
Emily Brontë died of tuberculosis on 19 December 1848 at the age of thirty, just a year after the publication of her novel. Her early death, following those of her brother Branwell and soon to
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November 27, 2025
Uma tragédia emocional sobre tudo o que o amor pode construir… e destruir.
Este livro é uma viagem à escuridão e à luz que vivem dentro de cada ser humano. Emily Brontë apresenta-nos personagens rasgadas por sentimentos extremos — amor, ódio, inveja, desespero, vingança — tudo entrelaçado de forma tão humano que quase dói.
A relação entre Heathcliff e Catherine tocou-me de forma profunda: um amor poderoso, visceral, daqueles que transcendem a vida… mas que, ao mesmo tempo, corrói tudo à sua volta. Eles amam como quem queima — intensos, absolutos, incapazes de existir um sem o outro, mas incapazes de serem felizes juntos. É um amor bonito na essência e doentio na forma. Uma dualidade que faz pensar no que acontece quando o amor não encontra rumo, cura ou maturidade.
A escrita é rica, emocional e profundamente fiel à origem de cada personagem. O modo como fala cada figura reflete a sua proveniência e contexto social, tornando tudo mais autêntico e humano.
Quando fechei o livro, fiquei com aquela sensação crua de ter visto o melhor e o pior do ser humano, dentro da mesma história.
January 30, 2026
A melhor história de vingança de todo o sempre, como eu amo “O Monte dos Vendavais”!
Foi excelente reler, bem mais velha, esta obra prima exímia. As personagens consomem-nos por completo, as suas confissões, as suas discussões, as suas obsessões, as suas paixões e devaneios. Que prosa maravilhosa!
Foi excelente reler, bem mais velha, esta obra prima exímia. As personagens consomem-nos por completo, as suas confissões, as suas discussões, as suas obsessões, as suas paixões e devaneios. Que prosa maravilhosa!
January 14, 2026
Que livro maluco, completamente fora do normal! Acho que por ser diferente é que é interessante, mas a história é a mesma coisa do início ao fim, não há um desfecho sólido e satisfatório. O final é frustrante, eu diria. Esperava mais por um livro clássico tão aclamado…
December 8, 2025
Se o Heathcliff não tem haters é porque eu estou morta
January 17, 2026
Que personagens tóxicas e más, para mim não é uma história de amor mas sim de obsessão.
January 28, 2026
Maravilhoso, vil, complexo, intragável, memorável!
February 3, 2026
“O mundo inteiro é uma coletânea medonha de apontamentos a recordar-me que ela efetivamente existiu, e que eu a perdi.”
September 8, 2025
dnf’ed it
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