Emerald Fennell with Aidan Flax-Clark: "Wuthering Heights"

In this episode of Library Talks , Academy and BAFTA Award–winning filmmaker, Emerald Fennell, discusses her seductive interpretation of Wuthering Heights . Wuthering Heights has been the subject of controversy since it was first published in 1847. One of its first critics derided the novel's "vulgar depravity and unnatural horrors," and another wrote, "How a human being could have attempted such a book…without committing suicide…is a mystery." Award-winning filmmaker Emerald Fennell is no stranger to unhinged tales of obsession and passion. She discusses approaching the depths and darkness of Brontë's work and how she made the film her own while honoring the novel it sprang from.

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Emerald Fennell with Aidan Flax-Clark: "Wuthering Heights" is an episode from The New York Public Library Podcast by The New York Public Library.

This episode is 58:01 long.

This episode was published on Feb 18, 2026.

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