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Originally Posted by issybird
I first read JE when I was ten and loved it, and read and reread it so many times that I’ve still got it damn near memorized. However, I loved Wuthering Heights even more. Both are entirely different books to me now; I no longer see Rochester and Heathcliff as romantic heroes. I was young and dumb. And my favorite novel by Charlotte is Villette.
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I've also read Wuthering Heights several times, but found it a bit too depressing, especially as I grew older. For that reason I always liked JE more.
And I never saw Heathcliff as any kind of a hero, even in my early teens. I never liked him. He was too cruel and mistreated animals (a cardinal sin in my books). Ugh. Yes, his love for Catherine was romantic in a way, but it was not enough to make me like him. There just was nothing to like about him. No redeeming traits.
I don't think I want to read WH again in my remaining lifetime. JE now, I might.