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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Am I alone in thinking that Wuthering Heights is a horrible book? Bad pacing, not great writing, mashed plot. Ugh. I don't find it the least bit romantic or interesting. [/quote]

No, I hated Wuthering Heights. Agree with your assessment 100%.

Jane Eyre is an all-time favorite. As for Rochester vs. Darcy... that's tough. They're both emotionally cut off and get into their romances for reasons that were never (to me) clearly articulated. I never "got" either of them as characters, didn't understand their motivations. (Off on a tangent, throw Max de Winter in that same category, maybe the most inscrutable of them all. For all Rebecca was published a century after its literary inspirations, I don't think Du Maurier understood men, or knew how to write men, any better than Bronte or Austen.)

But Jane is a much better character than Elizabeth. Jane is emotionally pure, wasn't even looking for romance. Elizabeth struck me as a social climber, no matter how much she protested. [/quote]

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