tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967179224372520114.post204050945716174394..comments2024-01-12T02:52:06.482-06:00Comments on what women write: That's ClassicUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967179224372520114.post-47006585351719304742010-05-14T07:23:45.282-05:002010-05-14T07:23:45.282-05:00I did my thesis on Jane Eyre because it allowed me...I did my thesis on Jane Eyre because it allowed me a chance to explain why the bit with the cousins was there and I also wanted to defend Mr. Rochester, as I have always been a bit in love with him. Pilgrim's Progress was one of Charlotte Bronte's favorite books and if you know it you'll see that it followed the structure of that book. Instead of Christian's journey to the Celestial City Bronte wrote Soul's search for Love. It's an allegory. If you approach it as such, everything makes perfect sense.Kim Bullockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06100854132576647442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967179224372520114.post-83855031574231851002010-05-13T23:55:53.400-05:002010-05-13T23:55:53.400-05:00I love that others are getting into this as well. ...I love that others are getting into this as well. I have to admit, though, that I really never "got" Jane Eyre. It was okay, but I felt like Bronte got through the story, felt it wasn't long enough, so said, oh, and then off she went to visit some cousins... Don't remember the specifics of Wuthering Heights, my precise reactions, but I wasn't blown away, that I know. I've certainly never reread it. Maybe I'll give Anne a shot--I think I've read one of hers, or at least have it on the shelf. <br /><br />Tess of the d'Urbervilles--of course! Never read that, and didn't see the movie back in the 80s either. Good one, thanks!Elizabeth Lyndhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02638768950811415099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967179224372520114.post-2238482763707725232010-05-13T19:59:46.621-05:002010-05-13T19:59:46.621-05:00I need to re-read Rebecca. Also going to take a se...I need to re-read Rebecca. Also going to take a second look at Jane Eyre this summer. I re-read Wuthering Heights last summer, and didn't really remember what all the hubbub had been about. I'm hoping I like Jane the second time around...Melissa B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13172152515024862967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967179224372520114.post-60791968348075172862010-05-13T19:19:09.608-05:002010-05-13T19:19:09.608-05:00I did my MA on "Wuthering Heithts." I...I did my MA on "Wuthering Heithts." I've read most of Emily Bronte's poetry, both of Anne's novels, and "Jane Eyre," but I've never read any of Charlotte Bronte's other novels. I've also never read "Tess of the d'Urbervilles," which I have right in front of me. So back to the Brontes and Hardy I go! Plus I'm going to reread "Bleak House." I love Dickens, but sometimes I get which character goes where mixed up. This is going to be fun, actually. Thanks!Joannanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967179224372520114.post-81311129024570889392010-05-13T09:32:39.603-05:002010-05-13T09:32:39.603-05:00I want to start in with the Classics. I do have D...I want to start in with the Classics. I do have Daphne DuMaurier’s Rebecca sitting on my shelf I may start there.Donnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08818698492327902142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967179224372520114.post-40471498866491376572010-05-13T09:32:24.841-05:002010-05-13T09:32:24.841-05:00James Joyce will probably put you to sleep pretty ...James Joyce will probably put you to sleep pretty quickly. He breaks a lot of punctuation rules (as in sometimes doesn't use it at all) and I have a hard time getting past that, as well as the prose being so heavy. <br /><br />I loved Tale of Two Cities by Dickens, Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, and Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. They aren't cheery books, but well done.Kim Bullockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06100854132576647442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967179224372520114.post-89885122905107140682010-05-13T09:28:28.474-05:002010-05-13T09:28:28.474-05:00That would be terrific! Right now I'm about fi...That would be terrific! Right now I'm about fifty pages into Dracula. Any other takers?Elizabeth Lyndhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02638768950811415099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2967179224372520114.post-31054263572888106312010-05-13T09:19:40.569-05:002010-05-13T09:19:40.569-05:00I'm ashamed that my exposure to the classics e...I'm ashamed that my exposure to the classics ended in my junior year at high school. I'd love to join you as you delve into them!Stacihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498060491724666587noreply@blogger.com