Diary of a Gen Z Student: If you want 1847 Wuthering Heights perfectly distilled, stick to the novel

One of my favourite memories from the first covid lockdown is listening to people lose their minds while discussing Normal People on RTE’s Liveline. The profanity! The indecency! The silver chain around Paul Mescal’s neck!

"It’s just too much sex", seemed to be the general consensus from people of a certain generation (I won’t name names). It was a sacred time, the nation coming to terms with the idea that "when a man and woman really love each other" is probably not particularly realistic. 

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