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Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre

My favorite!!  How did you like Wuthering Heights now that you've finished it?

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My favorite!!  How did you like Wuthering Heights now that you've finished it?

I loved it! Man, it was so much darker than I expected, it really surprised me in how different it is than other novels in that time period. Very complex characters and themes going on there. I haven't exactly started Jane Eyre yet, but saw it in a stack of books, so I pulled it out for my next pick (never read it before, either - I'm much more familiar with American lit.) I think I will start reading it this afternoon! I'll let you know how that new film adaptation of WH is tonight, but I won't tell you too much since I'm sure you will watch it online soon. 

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I loved it! Man, it was so much darker than I expected, it really surprised me in how different it is than other novels in that time period. Very complex characters and themes going on there. I haven't exactly started Jane Eyre yet, but saw it in a stack of books, so I pulled it out for my next pick (never read it before, either - I'm much more familiar with American lit.) I think I will start reading it this afternoon! I'll let you know how that new film adaptation of WH is tonight, but I won't tell you too much since I'm sure you will watch it online soon. 

Glad you really enjoyed it!  One thing about the book that I did remember from my junior high school days, and that haunts me still is the part where Heathcliff digs Cathy up after 10 years just to hold her again--that was so crazy and so spooky!

Glad you really enjoyed it!  One thing about the book that I did remember from my junior high school days, and that haunts me still is the part where Heathcliff digs Cathy up after 10 years just to hold her again--that was so crazy and so spooky!

Oh I know!!! That was very creepy. I had some strange dreams after reading that!

Glad you really enjoyed it!  One thing about the book that I did remember from my junior high school days, and that haunts me still is the part where Heathcliff digs Cathy up after 10 years just to hold her again--that was so crazy and so spooky!

That creeped me out too!  And I prefer Jane Eyre over WH too.   

And I prefer Jane Eyre over WH too.   

Me three.  I never saw the appeal of Heathcliff, but I like Mr Rochester.  Jane Eyre is one of my absolute favourites.  Has anyone else read The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde?

Me three.  I never saw the appeal of Heathcliff, but I like Mr Rochester.  Jane Eyre is one of my absolute favourites.  Has anyone else read The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde?

YES, I love that entire series. BTW, if you liked that you have to read his new series The Big Over Easy and The Fourth Bear. I think those are even better than his Thursday Next ones.

YES, I love that entire series. BTW, if you liked that you have to read his new series The Big Over Easy and The Fourth Bear. I think those are even better than his Thursday Next ones.

I have both those books, bought them years ago but never quite got into them.  Maybe I'll try again. 

I keep telling people how great the Thursday Next books are, but once I start trying to explain the premise people's brows furrow and they stop listening.  It must be one of those things you have to discover for yourself.   

I prefer Jane Eyre over WH too.   

I am torn - I'm really loving Jane Eyre, and it is sooo much easier to read and follow than WH, but yet, I think the story in WH is much more creative and dramatic.

I am torn - I'm really loving Jane Eyre, and it is sooo much easier to read and follow than WH, but yet, I think the story in WH is much more creative and dramatic.

I know what you mean.  JE is really an unimaginative plot: governess falling for employer and the complications ensuing.  You have to say that WH is imaginative.

I just downloaded The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Mansfield Park on my iPhone.

I got the 100 Classics for the Nintendo DS, so I just started Great Expectations this morning on the tube.  Somehow did not read this during high school.

Anyway, enjoyable.