The renewed hype around Brontë's book highlights Gen Z's embrace of a safer kind of obsessive romance.
The renewed hype around Brontë's book highlights Gen Z's embrace of a safer kind of obsessive romance
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February 21, 2026 12:00PM (EST)
Margot Robbie as Catherine Earnshaw in "Wuthering Heights" (Warner Bros. Pictures)
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