在维多利亚时代,《呼啸山庄》被很多英美国家的报刊评论为粗俗、支离破碎的小说情节,小说的内容不真实,还带有阴森、恐怖、狂野的风格与村俚气味的语言,而小说中的人物在行为上残忍、道德上败坏……当时的批评界对这部新书的批评非常犀利,由此使它遭受冷遇。然而在时间的流逝下,该部小说逐渐显现出其魅力,这首先是艾米莉·勃朗特的姐妹为该部小说辩护,后来西德尼·多贝尔(Sydney Thomson In the Victorian era, “Wuthering Heights” was criticized by many British and American newspapers for its vulgar and fragmentary novel plot. The contents of the novel were untrue, with a dark, horrible, wild style and the language of village slang. Were brutally morally morally corrupt ... critics at the time criticized the new book very sharply, which left it cold-hearted. However, with the passing of time, the novel gradually showed its charm. This was first and foremost the defense of the novel by Emily Bronte’s sisters. Later, Sydney Thomson