No, Gen Z is NOT too dumb to read Wuthering Heights.

Description: Gen Z is at it again, ruining literature because TikTok turned their brains to mush---well, according to this one guy, anyway. Inspired by the 2026 Wuthering Heights film, the youths are indeed struggling with Emily Brontë's Gothic classic, but it's not because they're just downright dumb. Let's pick apart a recent example of unabashed literary snobbery, then discuss why exactly classic lit IS hard---and why that's okay. Seriously, struggling means you're trying, and why would anyone have a problem with that??

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The Telegraph: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/books/classic-books/gen-z-reading-wuthering-height/
Emerald Fennell interview: https://people.com/emerald-fennell-defends-controversial-changes-wuthering-heights-11907767
Today: https://www.today.com/popculture/books/reading-wuthering-heights-book-trend-rcna259613
Dazed: https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/69645/1/wuthering-heights-novel-difficult-reading-emerald-fennell-tiktok

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