I was forced to read Jane Eyre in HS and hated it. My paperback copy was filled with my penciled notes that were all variations on "I hate this book."
I forced myself to reread Jane Eyre last year, as an audiobook, so no penciled notes this time. I hated it a little less.
Re Shakespearean plays: In HS my English teacher had us listen to recordings of the plays with actors like Olivier and Burton, so we did get to hear rather than get bogged down in the language.
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