I prefer Jane Eyre.
>>24785642Why was Heathcliff so mean to Isabella? I can’t imagine a better form of revenge than having your enemy’s sister love you and bear your children
Bronte enjoyers this is our time
>>24785652Probably saw her brother in her. His thing was also disproportionate revenge after Catherine decided to not be with him. It also played nicely into Edgar cutting his sister off, which was about as close to having balls as he got from what I remember.
>>24785642Why? Jane Eyre just felt like some self-insert LN/VN story where the plain fem protag is quiet most of the time but is hit on by multiple men for some reason. Not to mention that miraculous ending where her husbandfu conveniently becomes blind and has to rely on her for the rest of his life.
>>24785642I want to be more rounded in my reading of the classics.Which Brontë do I start with, bros?
Me too.
>>24786002I really like ho Jane Eyre just gently taps gothic horror. This transfers into atmosphere of the book, it has mood of cold misty wet autumn morning. I also enjoyed Jane and Rochester as both are disagreeable, but not too much - they are not defined by singular trait, which makes them very human. Final thing I enjoyed in Jane Eyre is the 'feel' of Britain as global empire with colonies, even though Jane Eyre is very small scale story. Overall it never overdoes itself, it is very tasteful and decent in womanly way.
>>24785642I prefer gonorrhoea.
>>24785652Because she wasn't Cathy
>>24786002Both books are forms of female wish fulfillment, but well told and hitting on something fundamental and seemingly universal in the female psyche.
>>24785642How do you pronounce Eyre? Eye-ree?
I prefer Anne Bronte's Agnes Grey.
>>24787236Air
>>24787174How do I fulfill that wish as a man
>>24787569How rich are you? No, I'm sorry, that's not nearly rich enough.
>>24787569You can't, it's rooted in fantasy and women wouldn't actually be happy with a Heathcliff or a Rochester should they come across one.
>>24786002>has to rely on her for the rest of his lifeRochester already had a caretaker lmao what are you saying
>>24787575>>24787579Can I like, gaslight her into it
>>24785642So do I. I think Wuthering Heights is a work of genius but less enjoyable than Jane Eyre (but I'm starting to think that Anne's work is better still).
>>24787316I'm about 40 pages away from finishing this, and I'm surprised at how good it is (but after Tenant I really shouldn't be).
>>24787878You can certainly try!
>>24788627It's astounding how unpretentious Agnes Grey is in comparison to Jane Eyre.Agnes Grey - Just a normal everyday girl.Jane Eyre - The purest, kindest, most noblest heart in all the land.The Childhood of Agnes - Nothing really out of the ordinary.The Childhood of Jane - Tear-jerking tragedy, let your trembling heart weep with pity for this poor friendless orphan.Kids in Agnes Grey - Realistic retards.Kids in Jane Eyre - Pure devils or pure angels.Financial Fulfillment in Agnes Grey - A simple life of humble means with a safe but modest income.Financial Fulfillment in Jane Eyre - Rich, rich, filthy rich!Love Interest in Agnes Grey - Just a nice bloke who does his best to be kind.Love interest in Jane Eyre - Never before in all the land has there been seen such a man as magnificent as this, my heart loves him with unfathomable depth you cannot even dream of.The End in Agnes Grey - Realistic, believable, understated and satisfying.The End in Jane Eyre - Divine punishment is undone, vision is restored, the audience is cheated as they have their cake and eat it too.
