Melodramatic, complicated relationships filled with yearning

It's Valentine's Day so it's all sites sharing love quotes, etc. Too many and too similar (and too boring, to be honest) to mention them all. The Irish Times has several writers pick their favourite love poems and writer Edel Coffey says,

As a teenager, before I was ever in love, I basked in the melodrama of Charlotte Bronte’s intense love poems, but since experiencing melodrama in actual love, I find I now prefer the more reserved professions of Sir Thomas Wyatt, who wrote some of the first sonnets in the English language. (Martin Doyle)

The Lafyette lists 'Songs for all types of love this Valentine’s Day' including

“Wuthering Heights” by Kate Bush 

If you’re either a fan of 19th-century novels or looking to feel angsty this Valentine’s Day, Kate Bush’s 1978 song “Wuthering Heights” is the one for you. The song is based on Emily Brontë’s novel “Wuthering Heights” and takes inspiration from the intense, emotional and, frankly, dark relationship between the novel’s central characters Cathy and Heathcliff. In the song, Bush wails, “Heathcliff, it’s me, I’m Cathy/I’ve come home, I’m so cold/Let me in your window.” Further in the song, she continues, “I’m coming back love/cruel Heathcliff/My one dream, my only master.” These lyrics highlight melodramatic, complicated relationships filled with yearning, and if you’re into that sort of thing, give this song a listen. (Natalia Ferruggia)

The Tab wonders 'Which University of Sheffield courses have the most romantic energy?' and one of the contestants is

English Literature – The Walking Love Letters

Starting off strong, you’d imagine English students are effortlessly poetic, their minds shaped by a lifetime of delusional, lovey-dovey novels. Hopeless romantics at heart, they move through life as if they’re living in their own tragic love story.

You’ll find them with a battered copy of Pride and Prejudice in their tote bag, ready to quote poetry at a moment’s notice. They’ll write you a love letter so heart-wrenching it could make even the coldest soul weep, all while brooding over a black coffee and passionately debating whether Wuthering Heights is a love story or just deeply unhinged. (Ellie Ashton)

And finally, unrelated to the day, Helen Fielding answers bookish questions for Elle.

The book that... [...] ...I read in one sitting; it was that good:

Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys. It’s a prequel to Jane Eyre, set in the Caribbean. Couldn’t put it down. (Riza Cruz)