Thursday, July 5, 2012

Loving the classics


I can't help it, I just love classic romantic tales. Like so many women I can't get enough Jane Austen, in any format. Of course, I love Mr Darcy and Lizzy and  Mr Knightley is my favourite Austen hero but they all pale into insignificance next to Jane Eyre and Mr Rochester. You thought Elizabeth Bennet was a strong woman, Jane is much stronger and as for the romance, well, Jane Austen's stories are about class and manners, she was such an astute social commentator, but Charlotte Brontë's book is so full of passion!

I have recently read two other Brontë books, Vilette and The Professor and I have enjoyed them immensely (it helps to have a little French!). What an extraordinary family the Brontës were! I rather prefer Charlotte and Anne (The Tenant of Wildfell Hall) to Emily, I have read Wuthering Heights twice but find it a lot bleaker than the stories her sister wrote and I certainly don't fancy Heathcliff!

Which classic romatic hero is your favourite?

Amy