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What's your favorite classic gothic book?
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(12-09-2011, 01:30 PM)Bellatrix Lestrange Wrote: Although im fan of "Wuthering Heights" i find Jane Eyre to be a much more likeable and realistic character than Catherine. i just find the whole relationship between Cathy and Heathcliff annoyingly melodramatic at some points. "Jane Eyre" is both fantastically written, and to a certain extent, more realistic.

I adore Jane Eyre, it's one of my all time favourite novels since I read it first when I was about 12. Jane Eyre is a great character and Rochester is the perfect hero, IMO, flawed but redeemed at the end. We had to read Wuthering Heights at school and I hated it. The characters are horrible and the entire story is bleak and I agree it's quite unrealistic.

I also enjoyed the Tenant of Wildfell Hall, I don't think it is as Gothic as either WH or JE but it's quite a good read.



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RE: What's your favorite classic gothic book? - by The Ming - 12-10-2011, 08:45 PM
RE: What's your favorite classic gothic book? - by Lord stumbleforth - 12-10-2011, 09:18 PM

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