I'm actually going to satrt reading WH next week.

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I really liked Wuthering Heights, but not as much as Jane Eyre I think. It's not because I don't like the characters as much, but because I can't really relate to any of the characters in Wuthering Heights though i can relate with Jane from Jane Eyre. That makes the book more enjoyable for me. They're both very good though.

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I liked the characters better in Jane Eyre, but I actually think I liked the story line in Wuthering Heights better... maybe not though. It's really close. I love them both so much!

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Jane Eyre was pretty good. I read it last year, but I loved the drama of Wuthering Heights better.

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I like Wuthering Heights (from Emily Bronte) much better than Jane Eyre. In WH there's such a heart-wrenching, dramatic story-line which you will never be able to forget. It is a book whose characters will always stay in your mind.
Also, I've never found anywhere such a powerful, passionate love like that of Heathcliff.
Jane Eyre is a different kind of book. Charlotte portrays her own sufferings and doubts in this book. Its story is also dramatic in a way, but finally it ends happily, not as WH. WH ends with a rather bittersweet way-that's why I cannot forget that book.
I'm now reading Villette, Charlotte Bronte's other novel. I find it entertaining and unpredictable. This book really makes me to think about such things as life, beauty, intelligence and last but not least about love.
It's worth reading!

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I love Jane Eyre!!Its a beautifully written book and I adore the 40s version film.

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I'm reading Wuthering Heights now, the first novel I read of the Brontë sisters, and I have to agree with those who said they couldn't relate to the characters. I'm half way through the book and I find them all quite appalling, although they may have their reasons.

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I have chose to write my dissertation on "Jane Eyre" and "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" by Anne Bronte. I feel like i've bitten off more than I can chew. They are both really good books. I'm not sure i'll do them justice in my dissertation.

Would anyone be able to show me really good quotes from either of the books that really illustrate the gender and class restrictions on women in Victorian society, which both authors portray through their female protagonists?
There is just so many quotes and so many areas to focus on I don't know what to go for. I feel like I am at a crossroads with so many paths to choose and really very lost.

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Wow, you're writing a dissertation... good luck and happy writing! I can't help you with quotes since I only read WH and far from liked it.. to put it nicely.
I just saw the three first parts of the BBC series of Jane Eyre. Unfortunately, I missed the ending and now I'm thinking of reading the book. Is it very different from the series?

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There are parts missed out in the series, off course they haven't got time to fit it all in. The movie is brilliant, but the book is even better. When I first started reading it I found the language unnecessarily difficult - especially when analysing it. However when I got into the story and all the plots were starting to come up I couldn't put it down. I deffinately recommend it. The witty banter between Jane and Mr Rochester is really good. The book is incredibly well written - unlike Anne Bronte's "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" Which is good, but I just adore Jane Eyre and Charlotte Bronte's style better.

I haven't read "Wuthering Heights" Been meaning to for ages. Is it good?

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Thanks for the recommendation of Jane Eyre. You made me want to read it now!

The only book I read by the Brontë sisters is WH and , like I said, I didn't like it much. I just came off a Jane Austen period and I had just finished Pride & Prejudice when I read WH. I'm not a particularly romantic person (contrary to popular - and my own - belief!) so I didn't read it for the love stody but because I wanted to read something by the highly recommended Brontës.
I know I might be the only person in this thread not liking WH so don't mind me too much when I say I didn't like the book. I think the wild landscape, the lonely moors and the wretched characters got me from the beginning of the book. It is a wretched love story so deprived of love from beginning to end. So many misunderstandings, failures, disappontments and harsh words exchanged. For me it was a long journey through an unfriendly desert to get through the book. There is a lot to analyse in the book and I blieve it is well-written - that's what I've been told by others! Writing style and word flow are things I usually pay much attention to but it completely slipped my mind here, so I can't even tell. But all this said, I still recommend you the book. If you like the Brontë sisters, you might like this too. And when you've read it, please come back and tell me what you think!

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Yeah I was going to study WH with Jane Eyre at first, but when I was looking through it I didn't find as many connections to my dissertation question as I did in Tenant of Wildfell Hall.
I started to read pride and prejudice and loved it. Off course, Elizabeth is my favourite character.
Cliche - but she reminds me of myself a little.

Got so many books I want to read I don't know when i'm going to be able to fit them all in. I want to read the Stephanie Meyer books and I have a few Jodi Picoult books I am yet to read too. Like those books much?

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wuthering heights is amazing - one of my three favourite books that i try to read every year.

i totally understand what people mean when they say they don't like/can't relate to any of the characters - they're the most awful bunch of people you're ever likely to encounter - but i don't think that matters. the fact that i don't like any of the characters just means that i don't take sides or form any particular bias towards/against anyone, so i am more objective in my reading; and it is the very characters we hate that give the novel it's dark, passionate, tormented heart, and that is what sets it apart from all the other romantic drivel. nicer characters would have provided a far gentler and easier and (in my opinion) far duller and more forgettable read. it's testament to the genius of emily bronte that she could create such dislikeable characters, and yet still keep you interested in their fate.

i don't agree though that it is a love story devoid of love. it's full of love, just not the fairytale version where love is always pure and returned.

top tip: make sure you're reading an edition with good notes in the back - you'll need them to translate joseph's speeches (he talks in a thick yorkshire accent, which emily wrote phonetically, and uses a lot of yorkshire dialect).

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Thanks I definately want to read it now

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