... to be a canonic text, since it has had such undeniable resonance with its readers since its publication. This originated as a reaction of disgust from polite society at the barbarity of Heathcliff's character, and the implications of this reflection upon human nature. For instance the housekeeper Nelly Deane passes judgement upon the human condition of ... Heathcliff and Edgar, "as lads they had an aversion to each other, and Heathcliff would hate just as much to hear him praised-its human nature- . And by the twentieth century the text was widely taught and acknowledged "An enigmatic, ...

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