Anonymous wrote:
I read all of them as a young teen, and what impressed me was the haunting writing of Wuthering Heights. It didn't matter that the characters were so closed and desperate - what mattered was that there was so much emotion written so beautifully.
Jane Eyre is my favorite of the Bronte sisters, though. My first romantic novel! I remember being 12 and reading it under the covers, because I couldn't wait until the next day to finish it!
And as for Austen, well, someone (can't remember who) said that Austen books are like a well tended garden and that Bronte books are like a wild jungle. I think the comparison is apt.
My favorite Jane Austen is Emma, although Pride and Prejudice is also very good. I LOVE Emma. The heroine progresses from blunder to blunder and yet we can't help but forgive her and it ends well. Everyone is painted with such affectionate humor. Warms my heart.
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