Jane Eyre question

I would read Jane Eyre again but you can't beat the classics, they are great to read over and over again.

Jane Eyre!

Nishtha wrote: "While I know wholeheartedly that both the books are incomparable and absolutely amazing, I can't seem feel as gravitated towards Wuthering Heights as I do towards Jane Eyre. What are your views?
I ..."loved the shift in narration Emily gave us in WH, with Nellie throwing her views at the reader. But...

Charlotte makes a place for us alongside Jane. Emily allows Cathy to disappear into the landscape. The different approaches are fantastic. Charlotte edges the other book out by a page-width - no more.

I suspect it's the opening, in the school, that haunts the rest of Jane's narrative. That autobiographical aspect makes the decision for me.

Jane Eyre, I've read it, listened to the audio, watched the movie and consider it my favorite literary classic novel.

Jane Eyre, positively; Wuthering Heights is downright crap.

In my opinion both books are very different: one is more about the positive aspect of love, while the other emphasizes in its suffering.
I like both, one for when I feel positive and the other one for when I need to realize my life is not that bad. :)

I enjoyed Jane Eyre very much. I've tried to read Wuthering Heights twice, and gave up both times.

Wuthering Heights may have its merits, but I'm not sure if I would ever use the word "enjoyable" to describe it...

Jane Eyre is by far the more readable of the two. Was there ever a better story about true love?

Both of the novels are just amazing, I enjoyed reading them both. But, I love Wuthering Heights more, It's a very different story, there is so much creativity in it. for Jane Eyre, we have seen many other stories that dealt with the same topic (Orphans). For me, Wuthering Heights is one of the most passionate and heartfelt novels ever written, I adore it !

Jane Eyre!!!

Wuthering Heights just barely beats Jane Eyre...... While I love Jane and Rochester, the Cathy/Heathliff love and hate thing....it's chilling, it's raw. WH was the first "classic" I ever willingly read,and I loved it. Even though everyone died :/

I love Jane Eyre much more

^ Wuthering Heights is sad though. Jane Eyre ends with her happily married. Wuthering Heights might as well be called "Everybody is Sad then Everybody Dies"

JANE EYRE. JANE EYRE. JANE EYRE.

Without a doubt Jane Eyre was the most enjoyable. Wuthering was very depressing and dark as compared.

Jane Eyre is definitely better. Wuthering Heights was a horrible story. I had to force myself to finish it.

Jane Eyre, I love a happy ending.

Wuthering Height. Rarely read a book with so much raw energy (and it has to be said sex appeal) which transcends the ages. Incredible intense. Agree that most of the characters are very flawed, but who isn't. Do love Jane Eyre though as well.

Jane Eyre!! Love that story. Have read Wuthering Heights and I don't get involved with the characters like I did with Jane.

I'm never good at saying one book, especially classics of this caliber, is better than another.
Both of these books are compelling to me and were central to me during my teen years.
I agree that both of these books are important to include in any discussion of the Romantic Period. They embody everything that was "The Romantic," and need to be understood from that perspective.
From another perspective--the humane--it was difficult to read of the abuse that went on in the households--in both books--it helped me to realize important aspects of human behavior, and the cyclical nature of abuse and its continuance throughout generations.
This is especially true in Wuthering Heights and it surprises me how many people writing here "hated" Heathcliff and Catherine. How would you expect two children raised in such abuse and terror to turn out?

Jane Eyre was/is an important expose on how children (especially girls) were treated in that era (and now, sadly),also how mental disease was viewed--incurable and worthy of being chained in an attic!

There is one thing that profoundly changed my views on Jane Eyre, however, and that was when I read, "The Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys. I could never regard Mr. Rochester in the same light after that.

I definitely preferred Jane Eyre.

I prefer Jane Eyre

I have read both and feel that each book has its merit. However, to compare them is like comparing apples to oranges. I take Wuthering Heights more as a gothic novel, whereas Jane Eyre is definitely Victorian.

Jane Eyre by far.

I actually have never read Wuthering Heights, but I love Jane Eyre!

Wuthering heights is better.In Jane Eyre the charecters are or good or bad.That is too simple.

If I'm in a passionate mood, Wuthering Heights. If more relaxed, it's Jane.

My vote is for WH. The tragic love of Heathcliff and Caterine. If only he would have heard the entire conversation between Nelly and Cathy.

Well, one is the bench mark for love stories with a strong female lead, often imitated but seldom bettered - the other is a dark tale of obsession, madness and revenge, and in my opinion one of the top 5 novels of all time.

Hard to compare directly, but I'm voting WH
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Jane Eyre

Jane Eyre by far!!! mostly because you don't enjoy reading Wuthering Heights, so much cruelty and madness. Cathy is a unbearable spoiled crazy child and Heathcliff...well, Heathcliff is pure evil.
Rochester is a bit of a jerk himself though....

The first time I read Wuthering Heights, I hated it. I really didn't like it at all, and I gave up on the Bronte sisters for a while. After I had a class about this book in University, I read it again, with other eyes, and I understood it better. The novel is really amazing and, as a literary production, it is a work of art. I don't think that Jane Eyre could equal it in the literary importance that Wuthering Heights has. On the other hand, Jane Eyre was the book that made me go back to the Bronte sisters with an open heart. I thought it much more agreeable to read, much more enjoyable. And the reason why I think that is not one based on specific literary issues of an elevated critique. It is simply because Jane is far more agreeable than ANY character in Wuthering Heights. I mean, it is much easier to identify with and to like Jane than to like Heathcliff or Catherine.
I think that's why I consider Jane Eyre more enjoyable to read than Wuthering Heights, although I consider Emily's novel somehow "superior" in a literary way.

Jane Eyre, Hands Down!

Jane Eyre! you don't enjoy reading WH

Wuthering Heights is wonderful but for some reason I find it very stressful to read. Jane Eyre was one of the first books I ever cried over because I was terrified that it was going to turn into this very dark and unhappy ending haha. I remember being about 12 and reading it very fast to find out what was going to happen!

Wuthering Heights is immensely dark. Jane Eyre is easier to understand.

I prefer Jany Eyre. It was just more of a compelling read. Maybe that was because I read it in school and we discussed it in depth. But to me Wuthering Heights was a bit...kind of dull.

Jane Eyre, without question. Charlotte Bronte’s depiction of the emotions of the characters were done really well. Character development is poignant - specifically that of Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester. Found absolutely no character growth in Wuthering Heights, even if I know it’s intended that way. Overall, I just really prefer Jane Eyre.

They are both great books, although different. If you are looking for classic romance you should read Jane Eyre, if you are looking for wicked romance then choose Wuthering Heights.

Both of them are pretty enjoyable with such such an impressing characters.
Though, I personally prefer Wuthering heights because I think Heathcliff's charactor, personality, etc and Catherine Linton is just amazing! There's more romance in Jane Eyre while there's revenge, arguments, etc in Emily Bronte's Wuthering heights in addition to the romance.
In short, my choice would be definitely Wuthering heights by Emily Bronte.

Romanticism is preferred to gothicism.

Enjoyable is too vague a word. For more fast entertainment and intense drama I would say WH. For more suspense and you know that slowly growing feeling of a thunderstorm coming on (yes pun intended) when the sky and the air tells you about it long beforehand, I would say JE.

I loved Jane Eyre. I did not like Wuthering Heights at all.

Jane Eyre is the 1st example of Woman empowerment,,,,

I love both - they are so amazing that I cannot decide! I love classic books!

Both books have their own merits. Those who like uplifting stories will prefer Jane Eyre. People who love gothic books will choose Wuthering Heights.t

I love both.

Can I pick both or is that an unacceptable answer? There are elements of both stories I love that make me appreciate them equally.

I love both the books. But Wuthering Heights is in my Admired Books list and Jane Eyre in my Comfort Reads list :) I felt caught in a storm while reading Wuthering Heights. I consider it superb book, but haven't yet been able to dare read it again. But Jane Eyre, like Pride and prejudice, is my Comfort Read. Every time I feel gloomy a or dull, a peek through its pages makes me feel good. And so, I have read it five times at least.

Jane Eyre was well written passionate and entertaining. I think wuthering heights was poorly written (confusing) passionate and hard to identify with.

I've read both but I prefer Jane Eyre; I really liked Charlotte's writing style over Emily's. Wuthering Heights was also good but I would definitely reread Jane Eyre!