ALL OF THE BRONTË BOOKS! | Classics Chat
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- I talk about all of the Brontë's books, from Emily to Anne to Charlotte!
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Different folks different strokes - Jane Eyre is matchless. Each sentence is so beautifully crafted. Fast moving and the dialogues between Rochester and Jane are wonderful. Amazing novel.
Reading Jane Eyre and walking away from it not awestruck by the lyricism of the writing should be a crime, this youtuber has me so confused
I really love Jane Eyre, too.
@@ravenswood118 To be fair, different people can perceive a writing style differently. Like I personally don't like dense writing with a lot of description regardless of how beautiful the writing is, but a lot of people do. I'm NOT saying Charlottes' writing was that way (I only read 1/3 of the unabridged version and don't really remember much of the writing), I'm just saying it as an example.
@@ravenswood118, Charlotte Brontë is my 7th favorite author and my favorite female author. The only woman to write a book in my top ten books of all time.
7) "Vilette" by Charlotte Brontë
68) "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
139) "The Professor” by Charlotte Brontë
163) "Shirley" by Charlotte Brontë
20) "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" by Anne Brontë
97) "Agnes Grey" by Anne Brontë
173) "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Brontë
The 1943 "Jane Eyre" is the best movie version of this story.
FAVORITE AUTHORS must have two books in the top 100 books of all time.
1) Leo Tolstoy (Resurrection)
2) Ivan Turgenev (Fathers and Sons)
3) James A. Michener (Chesapeake)
4) Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich)
5) Fyodor Dostoevsky (The Idiot)
6) C. S. Lewis (The Magician's Nephew)
7) Charlotte Brontë (Vilette)
8) J. R. R. Tolkien (The Hobbit)
9) Isaac Asimov (Foundation and Empire)
10) Jane Austen (Pride and Prejudice)
11) Mark Twain (The Adventures of Tom Sawyer)
12 Anne Brontë (The Tenant of Wildfell Hall)
13) George Eliot (Silas Marner)
14) Anthony Trollope (He Knew He Was Right)
15) Dr. Burrhus Frederic (B. F.) Skinner (Verbal Behavior)
16) Charles Dickens (Hard Times)
17) Thomas Hardy (Jude the Obscure)
The poem in "Agnes Grey" was so powerful that I still want to read all of Anne Brontë's poems. I've gotten hold of the other two girls' poems and none of them were as powerful as that one poem by Anne.
Charlotte Bronte (1816-55)
Emily Bronte (1818-48)
Anne Bronte (1820-49)
As you all can see, none of the three sisters lived up to 40. Yet look what they created. Masterpieces. Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, Agnes Grey and several others. All of them brilliant literary pieces. The greatest Victorian novelist is considered to be Dickens. Would Dickens have been so great today only if all three of them lived thirty years more? I don't want do offend the Dickensian fans, but just think about my opinion.
I'm unsure whether people would place Dickens as the greatest Victorian author. Perhaps the most well known or popular, but George Eliot is undoubtedly the greater writer.
NowhereMan2710. Read Dombey and Son. It will change your opinion of Dickens. It is an awesome classic not given enough attention.
Dickens was one man and many brilliant works.
You can't compare these authors with each other. All of them have different writing styles and all of them are very good. Please stop doing this crap!
Oh I absolutely adore this idea of classics chats, it sometimes seems like classics are non existent on booktube and that's a shame because I am currently working through main ones and would love to discuss them :)
Yes, I always find it really hard to find people talking about classics! Maybe I'll make a video talking about my favourite booktubers who discuss classics.
I'll definitely keep making videos about them though!
Ah that would be cool thing to share! And yes please, I need more classics talks in my life
Ah, the Brontes are so great, and it's always lovely to see other Booktubers talking about classics. I'm looking forward to the seeing the rest of this series :)
Spoilers:
Consider that while Jane loves Rochester (and probably accurately estimates that he is the only man who will ever consider her beautiful and justly appreciate her intelligence, temperament, artistic talent and slightly devious wit) she simultaneously *does* see alot of his flaws, and doesn't like them. For that time, she is a very feminist character. She refuses to let him shower her with gifts, insists that after they marry she will go on working for him for a wage that will be hers alone. Her self-respect depends on it, but she also sees that his respect for her will very much depend on it, too.
The story arch is quite feminist, too.
She doesnt marry him until he has painfully redeemed himself morally, and she has both had another proposal (from a handsome, rich preacher, no less! She gets him back for all that nonsense with Blanche) and has become totally financially independent. She even has the physical advantage, because he is blinded and handicapped.
When she gets him, she gets him very, very much on her own terms.
@Legion So, did you...uhm...not read the book?
She was so unwilling to be with Rochester on his terms that she runs away before dawn, takes a coach as far as what little money she has will bring her, and is literally homeless, begging a child for cold leftovers and sleeping in an open field.
It's part of the vital hinge point in the center of the plot.
She loves him, but she has her boundaries and self-respect, and would literally rather be completely destitute than compromise them.
The character is pretty explicit about it in the narrative.
Sorry, my dude. Good luck with your future trolling endeavors, though.
@Legion How is it impossible to remain? Why?
@Legion you're messed up
Um, technically Jane did not fly back to Rochester. She was concerned of what had become of him. She had written a couple of letters to Mrs Fairfax but received no response. She had also asked Mr. Briggs. Now there was that supernatural conversation between her and Rochester that lured her back -- or could that have been Jane's subconscious desire to escape St. John or some sort of psychic link between Jane and Rochester, alluded to in the proposal scene by Rochester as an invisible string linking them together. She travels to make inquiries regarding Rochester, to have closure. She does impulsively walk to Thornfield to see it once more, only to discover it is a ruin. Then she goes to the Inn to make inquiries. She only goes to Ferndean once she has learned what has happened and also knows, ahem, that Rochester is free.
As far as being a "feminist novel," it is difficult to judge a Victorian novel by modern standards. It was certainly progressive for its time, but while Jane often defies the femine standards of her time period, she also perpetuates them.
The Brontë’s are some of my favourite humans ever! I read Jane Eyre first (started in January last year and finished it in the beginning of March last year) I was so hooked on it that I started to kind of ration myself with it. I loved it so much, so much so that it has become my favourite book of all time. The film adaptation from 2011 is really good too. I visited the Brontë Parsonage in March and fell in love with Brontë’s even more!!
Yes, Jane Eyre has so much emotional resonance, a truly great work. And I agree, the 2011 film adaptation with Mia Wasikowska and Michael Fassbender is a brilliant film.
I personally and respectfully disagree with the film. I thought it was poorly executed, and the sequence of events was all over the place.
I would love a video all about The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. I read that last month, and it just blew me away. Why is Anne not celebrated as much as the other Brontës???? History is so unfair. I would love to hear you talk in more detail about this novel.
I didn’t mention it in my review, but something you said made me think about it. I find it very interesting that Anne chose to wrap the first-person narrative of her female protagonist inside a frame story of a male narrator, essentially delegating Helen's narrative to Gilbert's mediation and interpretation. I wonder if she thought that would make the book and its incendiary and controversial scenes slightly more palatable for her contemporary audience.
I love this series please continue it!!! sometimes it's hard to find channels that talk about classics, like not all teenagers read YA!!! this is so helpful!
I definitely will continue it! I really want to encourage more teenagers to read classics. I'm glad you found it helpful!
I love the Brontes. I feel blessed to have read them all and sad that we could have read more had they all lived longer.
I have loved Jane Eyre ever since I first read it when I was younger than you are now. But I had never read Shirley until last month and I was bowled over by how good it is. Why is it not better known.? Not only is the industrial history fascinating, but all the women, especially Shirley herself, are so feisty. Within the tricky norms of Victorian behaviour, they all manage to change things to their own advantage and look after the people around them. The men are not so well drawn, but I don't think CB knew many men outside her family! (And I agree with you that Mr Rochester is not much of a hero).
So glad I've found your site (via The Times). Really interesting as I love all sorts of books but especially classics and not many people read them nowadays.
I re-read Shirley recently. I had read it in college -- took it out from the college library and read it on my own. Yes, it has been sadly neglected.
One of the saddest chapters of ever read was in Jane eyre when Jane sneaks into Helen Burns' bed and falls asleep with her as she dies
noo I cried & books don’t really make me cry😩
The first time I read Wuthering Heights I didn't get it at all, but then I started studying it for my A-Level English Lit class and suddenly found it so interesting. I guess it requires a bit of concentration. And like you said, the landscape is kind of like a character in its own right (and because I'm from Yorkshire it feels so real).
I haven't read any of Emily's poetry, but it sounds quite dark! I might try and read some, so thanks for sharing :D
5:20 worth noting! Based on their correspondence, the children (and parental responses to their horrific behavior and Agnes' attempts to correct it) are based on the Bronte sisters' real experiences as governesses.
A few scenes in Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Wuthering Heights are based on their experiences with their brother Bramwell (whom their father rather spoiled as an only son) and his descent into alcoholism and total crisis.
Sad thoughts!
I've had Jane Eyre in my library since I was little and read it when I was very young, so it's one of my favorite books of all times. I've also read Wuthering Heights and liked it as well, but Jane Eyre has sentimental value for me. I LOVE THAT BOOK 😍
I love the Brontes! I've read Wuthering Heights multiple times (I'm team Emily 😉). I really enjoyed Jane Eyre and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. My goal was to read all their work by next year.
I love all of your classic themed videos. I definitely need to check out Emily's poetry now, it sounds fantastic. Great video!
Jane Eyre is the book of my heart. Charlotte is my favourite Bronte but i love WH by Emily and TWH by Anne
I'm excited for this series of videos Lucy!
I've read and loved all of the Bronte's books (most of them a few times). What an amazing collection, a journey into the time, place and the souls of three brilliant women. My personal favorite of all their books (if I was forced to select one) is Charlotte Bronte's "Villette" - what an imaginative, touching, complex and audacious work - way ahead of its time.
I have to admit, I'm struggling with Villette, yet Shirley (which lots of people say they don't like) is my all-time favourite. I must persevere with it!
I have to say, thus far, I've prefered tennant of wildfell hall to the others.
I just finished Agnes Grey! It's an absolutely wonderful book and I thank you for your recommendation. I will be reading The Tenant of Wildfell Hall very soon :)
I'm so glad you enjoyed it and I hope you enjoy The Tenant of Wildfell Hall too. Have you seen that I'm running a Brontë Book Club this year? If you've been liking the books, you should join in!
Count me in!
I just started reading classics and your videos are my happy pill as of the moment. They help me to love Classics more. I'm excited to read Agnes Grey!!! I'm currently reading Wuthering Heights and it is challenging read.
Wonderful video Lucy! I've never read any Brontë books, but I'll definitely pick them up now as your passion for them really shines through! Amy x
This video is fantastic! The discussion was great and I am definitely going to read Emily Brontë's poetry. It sounds phenomenal. Thanks for the video. Look forward to more
I can't believe Jane Eyre is your least favourite Bronte book :O I LOVE Mr Rochester, I found his character to be the most pleasing over other male protagonists in victorian classics. Haha I found myself getting personallly offended by the end of the review XD. Thankyou, I really enjoyed this review. I am reading villette right now, really enjoying it!
I love this idea of chatting about classics they're my favourite books ever ..... ill definitely be tuning in xxxx
Yay I'm super pleased to hear that!
This is such a great discussion video! And I can't wait to see more videos about classics! You are amazing
Thank you
I am so glad to hear you promote Emily Bronte's poetry. It is my favorite as well and is so underrated, unfortunately, and overshadowed by Wuthering Heights. WH is, of course, a fantastic novel, her poetry is a completely different world.
I felt the exact emotions during my reading of Tenent. I really enjoyed Anne Bronte's realism and it felt very applicable in this day and age. Thanks!!!!!
Honestly I LOVED this video. Since the beginning of the year I have been wanting to buy the Bronte's books but for one reason or another I've been putting it off. Now I can't wait to buy them and read them.
I don't know much about classics, I've only read Jane Austen's works so I would love to discover new classics and that makes me really excited for this series of videos. Can't wait to see more!
Really enjoyed this video, I wish there was more discussion about classics on youtube as well. I was surprised you didn't enjoy Jane Eyre that much, I really liked it when I read it but admittedly that was a long time ago. I've not read many other Bronte novels so I'll definitely try to get round to some of the ones you recommend soon. :)
this classics chat idea is so amazing! i'm very much looking forward to the other ones (btw the wuthering heights-marmite simile was great hahhah)
I readed Jane Eyre in three days! It's my favororite's Bronte books unil now.
Aaahhhhhh I love ROCHESTER and HEATHCLIFF
Why? They are psychopaths.
I love the idea of classics chats! I'd be so more motivated to read classics if more people discussed them online lol. And you made me really want to read Wuthering Heights!
I'm so glad the video has made you want to read Wuthering Heights. Let me know if you do read it!
I first read Jane Eyre in 7th grade and loved it. Jane is a wonderful person. She's intelligent, caring, and good in a crisis. Yet she's surrounded by shallow, vain people who can't see her worth. What middle school girl can't identify?
But through it all, she holds on to sense of self and prevails. Gave middle school me hope.
Girl same. My fave book of all time and i am 14.
Very cool idea, I definitely think the classics are underappreciated at this point and especially underrepresented on TH-cam and most social media.
I've personally been reading a lot of Emily Brontë because I picked up a complete collection of her poetry at a university book bazaar recently, and found quite a few of the poems moving enough to recite on my channel. Her poetry is strikingly earnest and introspective for the time period.
I've read Agnes Grey and Jane Eyre by the Brontës and I loved both of them so so much! Jane Eyre is - I think - the best book technically but Agnes Grey will always be my favourite as it was the first I read and I feel so emotional just thinking about it. The next one I'm planning on reading is Wuthering Heights and I absolutely can't wait!! I have to thank you for my Brontë obsession by the way xxx I always love it when you talk about classics. I just finished Far From the Madding Crowd and I would love it if you could talk about Hardy in a video soon :)
Awesome! I so love the Bronte sisters, they are some of my fave classic authors! I love classic literature, and Dickens, Poe, and Austen are my fave authors! But so many other classics I love!
Nice sister of bonte family,,,
I only have Vilette left to read and it makes me so sad to not have loads more of their novels to read. However I've just discovered the short stories such as The Foundling and The Green Dwarf so this excites me. In search of Anne Bronte by Nick Holland is a great book if Anne is your favourite sister. This makes me want to reread my books and take another visit to Haworth. I know Patrick their father had some work published but I'm unsure what it was do you know? I absolutely love that there is another Bronte fangirl out there.Obviously added this video to my favourites and will be sure to rewatch it and the fact that you're doing a classics series on your channel is so exciting.
It's kind of interessting to hear that Jane Eyre is you least favorite Bronte book because it's actually one of my favorite classic books. I read this book within two days and I think you need to have a personal connection to this book. If you made kind of similar experiences in your past, it's easier to fall in love with this book. Same goes for the love story within Jane Eyre.
I haven't read the books of Emily or Anne yet but now I am even more looking forward to reading it.
same I agree. It is also my favorite classics book that I have read so far. In fact I love it so much I recently bought an antiqaurian( I def spelled that wrong) book of it. Now in the summertime i can put on a flowy dress and go out in the sun while reading the book. Makes me feel like im a part of the story. :)
I love the Brontë sisters... I have not read Shirley and Villete yet, but I have read all the other novels. And would rate them differently from you :D Jane Eyre is definitely my favourite (that book shaped me), The Tenant of the Wildfell Hall is beautiful and Wuthering Heights I appreciate now more than I had when I first read it. I did not much like The Professor, and Agnes Grey bored me for most part. Still, the Brontës all count among my favourite authors. Thank you for all the videos! I love watching them!
love this video so much!
Yes!! Please do more of these!
I will! Is there anything in particular you'd like me to discuss?
lucythereader I like the author specific videos. You could do curtain time periods like gothic, romantic, etc. A modern classics video would be cool too!
I love Heathcliffe! I don't know why people hate him.
I am so excited about this series and I cannot wait to see more. I would love if you could do a few an author or time period specific classic writer. I wouldn't mind a video about each individual Bronte or individual classic themed videos like "Short Story Literary Classics/Authors", "Classic Literary Fantasy Books" or "Classic Gothic Novels". For example, I didn't learn about Wilkie Collins until recently and his friendship with Charles Dickens. Or maybe a video about Daphne Du Maurier's life and her novels. I'm sure whatever you come up with will be great!
Oh Lucy. If you hate Mr. Rochester, read Wide Sargasso Sea. You will REALLY hate him after reading that. It's the back story to Jane Eyre and is told from "Bertha's" perspective. Yes. Wonderful book.
I'm hoping to read Wide Sargasso Sea next month because we're reading Jane Eyre for the Brontë Book Club so I thought I'd read them back to back. I'm looking forward to it!
@@lucythereader Why you hate Mr. Rochester?
Omg I also like reading wuthering heights in November too!
this is a great idea, the one with the series. it's true that ya books are way up there on the discussion meter nowadays, just because they are more relatable than classics and i believe that this is what people look for today. however, once you get the hang of actually analizing the classics, you realize that they still apply very much.
i haven't read anything from the Brontes yet, except Jane Eyre, but i am planning to and this video really helped me out with figuring out what i wanna read next, which is The Professor, Agnes Grey and Wuthering Heights.
Just watched your video a little bit ago and decided to give The Tenant of Wildfell Hall a try based on your recommendation and ADORED it! 😊❤️ Looking forward to more classic discussions and recs! ❤️❤️❤️
+Lisa Witcher I am SO happy to hear this! It's made my day. I love The Tenant of Wildfell Hall so much and I'm really glad you did too. What was your favourite thing about it?
+lucythereader AWE!!!
I love this video and this series!! Jane Austen please!! 💕
Thanks loads to you. I stumbled on your interesting video now you gave me a push to buy the whole set of Brontes. During lockdown I read Jane Austen. Sense n sensibility, Persuasion. Now am on Jane Eyre. 💘😻💜
The Tenant of W.H. is a great book to read after a relationship break-up. I read it at that time years ago and felt very supported by the novel.
I don't like the end of Jane Eyre; but the early parts at the school are fascinatingly grim.
Would you consider making an updated video about this? I’m really curious how you feel about these books now.
Thanks for reading that bit of poem. It sounds so good so far. I got to go to the library to look them up.
Personally, I think Anne Bronte is my favorite novelist of the sisters. The Tenant IS my favorite Bronte book, followed closely by Agnes and Jane Eyre. And, well, I must be a rarity, because I kind of like Wuthering Heights. I really liked some of it and really disliked some of it, so I guess to me it is Eh. Maybe I need to re-read it to judge it fairly.
Personally, I think Jane Eyre's side characters is what made it enjoyable for me. I loved the little girl, who added freshness to the book. I like the dog, of course. And the sisters and brother are, for some reason, my favorite part.
This is a great series idea! You talk books so well.
I just LOVE Wuthering Highs! It is my favorite!
I've read all the Bronte novels, but I've not read the poetry. I must say that Jane Eyre and the Tenant of Wildfell Hall are my favorites. Jane Eyre was my first Bronte novel. I read all the novels when I was in high school or college. Jane Eyre has been my 2021 reading project. There are lots of little things that you catch on re-reading it. I think the character of Rochester is interesting because he is very flawed, yet you can't help feeling some sympathy for him. His primary motivation is to love and be loved, but he had been burned and thwarted in the process. He made an early poor marriage choice, lulled by family obligations and sexual attraction. Sexual attraction wears off, particularly if that is all you have in common with your partner. Divorce was difficult in those days, and insanity was not an allowed grounds for divorce. Rochester could have divorced Bertha for infidelity, but before he could do that, the doctors had discovered her mental illness. I think Rochester never got beyond the denial stage of grief-- by denying that he is married is the only way he can function. He is deluding himself when he seeks a good, intelligent woman to love because no truly good, intelligent woman will accept his lot. The lot for a Victorian woman who lives with a man outside of marriage is not a good one. Aside from all his bluster, Rochester is rather fragile, but he brings Jane out of her shell. Jane is the strong one. If you read the conversations very closely, you will see that he frequently has been telling Jane the truth but in ways she does not understand. Jane states she does not understand enigmas or riddles. Rochester frequently poses hypothetical questions to Jane to gage her response. I re-read Shirley recently. An under-rated novel, but I think Charlotte works better when she writes from a first person narrative and Shirley is written from a third person perspective.
All the comments are wonderful to read because you are all lovers of classics. Bronte n Austen.
Thank you Lucy.
Jane Eyre is my favourite but I think that was my English literature teachers love that made me appreciate it so much
I'd be really interested in hearing your thoughts on Edith Wharton. I was that if I liked Jane Eyre (which I am currently trudging my way through; I like it, but it is indeed slow) that I would like her. I haven't read any other Brontë sister books, but I have Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Wuthering Heights. I may take your suggestion and read Wuthering Heights in November.
I'd love it if you would make a video about reading poetry and what you would recommend for a first time poetry reader. 😄
Just gave you a follow because I found your Classics Chats and adore them! I'm so glad I'm not the only one who hates Rochester...I could never really get into Jane Eyre, but I fell in love with Wuthering Heights when I was 14 and have long counted it one of my favorite novels. x
I adored this video! I'm currently reading one of these books and enjoying it so far!
Can you please make a penguin English library haul? I would love to watch it
Love your channel from Italy 😘
new to your videos but love that another teenager loves classics! i don’t know if your into american classics but little women is definitely my favorite i highly recommend it :)
I’m hoping to read Little Women soon, actually! I’m interested to read it because it’s not something I’d usually gravitate towards, so we’ll have to see what I think! I’ll be sure to talk about it once I have. :)
Unusual to hear someone who prefers Agnes Grey to Jane Eyre! I have just recently read Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Shirley.
I want to thank you for recommending Agnes Grey! I read it after watching your video and fell in love with it . It is now one of my Top 10 favourite books I am reading another book you recommended in your “classics I want to read in 2018” My own story by Emmeline Pankhurst and so far loving it 😊
The Bronte's are so fascinating. And so tragic. I can't imagine losing so many family members (people forget about the two youngest) at such young ages. :( It's also interesting that before Shirley was published, that was a man's name!
I know, it must have been awful for them.
Yes, the release of Shirley completely changed that. I love noticing the cultural effects of the Brontë books. It's fascinating!
Bettie Turner Emily and Anne were the two youngest, I think it was Maria and Elizabeth, the two oldest sisters who died at young age...but yeah you're right :(
I just read Emily’s Wuthering Heights and now am slightly fearing Charlotte Brontë won’t live up to her, as Emily feels fierce and wild and mystical. A rebellious spirit who sparks internal flames and ultimately brings one into transcendent realms. You are the second person to recommend Anne’s books so thank you. I get the feeling I may get depressed or feel trapped reading Jane Eyre or Villette because of some stuff I am healing from.
Thank you for the insistence on Emily’s poetry. Since I love her one book so much, I am sure her poetry will speak maybe even more so to me directly, with the kind of soul she has.
You will love Villette!
I do love Anne Bronte, her two books just sparkle, it is so sad she died so young, if she lived she wouldn't have been overshadowed and just think of the great books she would have written. I love Agnes Grey but my favorite is The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. I love that book. Also, I love Villette, it is my favorite Charlotte Bronte book.
The Brontës are amazing! Have you read the biography by Juliette Barker I believe
Wuthering Heights is my favorite classics! I feel like people that hate it go into it expecting a cute romance and end up misunderstanding the story. It's more about revenge then love. I also love Emily Brontes poetry. The only other Bronte I've read was Jane Eyre but I plan to read all of them. I own Villette, which is one of my friends favorites tied with Wuthering Heights, and the tenant of wildfell hall because I bought the v,outbound Bronte set. I liked Jane Eyre quite a lot but not as much as Wuthering Heights. WH was my first Bronte, and actually my first classic that I've was read willingly, for fun.
Jane eyre is my absolute favourite book ever !!
I'll have to read some of the books by Emily and Anne as I read Jane Eyre and I just couldn't do it and that kinda put me off the Bronte sisters but I'll definitely look into them again!
Thanks for your videos !!
It is always interesting !!
I don’t know if « the monk » is considered as a Classic but if you would make a Video about this Book i certainly will be interested !!
I loved Jane Eyre even though I wasn't really a fan of Rochester either - I just adore the character of Jane and really enjoy Charlotte's writing style and subtle gothic aspects. I haven't read any other Bronte books, but am really excited to do so. I read 'The Night is Darkening Round Me' little black penguin collection and really enjoyed them but had no idea they were set in a different world, so I think I'm going to have to reread them!
I think The Night is Darkening Round Me *may* have used some of the versions of Emily's poems that were stripped of all Gondal references. The Complete Poems edition is a lot easier to read if you want to pick up the references!
lucythereader Ah I see! I'll get on that right away!!
I’ve got the complete works of the Bronte sisters including poems and even biographies on them on kindle. I’ve only read two so far, Jane Eyre which I thought was fantastic and wuthering heights which was less impressive although quite a clever novel as it goes down through the generations.
It took me 2 weeks to read Wuthering heights but it's still my favorite bronte book
Oh! Wuthering Heights 😍
One of the things you must remember is the time in which these books were published. It was considered completely unacceptable, even indecent, for women to express passion of any kind, whether of anger---or, even worse----desire. Both "Jane Eyre" and "Wuthering Heights" attacked this rigid ideal of womanhood, and actually demand women's right to feel and express passion. They were like the wind of the moors itself, blowing the
mists of convention away and opening up new vistas for women. As to Rochester and Heathcliff, they are expressions of the Byronic hero from the Gothic tradition the young Brontes were steeped in, only much more developed. (Incidentally, I don't see how you can love "Wuthering Heights" and hate Heathcliff, the novel's central character and beating heart, and the very spirit of Emily's genius. I hope you haven't been tricked by those unreliable narrators lurking everywhere in the book, waiting to ensnare unwary readers!)
Can I ask where you found that edition of Shirley?
I love the Brontës 😍😍
Hello, fellow Brontë lover!
I love the Bronte sisters! My favorite bronte sister is Charlotte Bronte. What I love about her is that she is a bit of a feminist, a woman with an opinion!Do you, or anyone else here, know those kind of feminist books? A bit like Anne of Greengables cause I liked her as well :) I will consider the ones from this video that I havent read yet. I like the idea of your new videos! Now I can talk about classics and theres nothing that I love more :D
I loved this video. Wuthering Heights is my favourite classic of all time and I did not like Jane Eyre at all. I plan on reading The Tenant of Wildfell Hall this fall and I am sure it will be up there with Wuthering Heights. I also have Emily's book of poetry and it is one of my go to poetry books.
Jane Eyre is the book that got me into reading
People will consider this sacrilege, but I read those books on Google books on my phone. It was brilliant for Viette as I could just select the French text and got the translation.
Hi have you read Henry James books and what’s your thoughts on his books if you have? I am quite intrigued to read his The Portrait of a Lady
hiii Lucy!!! i know this is so not what yiur channel about. But i am dying to know the brande if your lipstick abd the number of the color yiu are wearing. I only read Anges Grey last January aand I loved it to much. It was so ibterestibg and wisdom-full. ♥♥♥♥♥
Personally I love Anne's writing especially the tenant of wildfell hall
Villete is much easier to read than Jane Eyre or Shirley (which I didn't finish) and is a very enjoyable book overall, definitely recommend;)
That's so good to hear - you've made me even more excited to read it now!
If you haven't yet, you have to read Vilette! It's Charlotte's absolute best in my opinion. I know a lot of people who hate Jane Eyre but loved Vilette. Lucy Snowe is an amazing character, unreliable narrating at it's best. I have this like, 800 page biography of the Bronte's I've started, but decided to put it away until I've read their works in full, and I'm so sad I missed out on Vilette for so long! I also read Wuthering Heights at least once a year on a nice blustery, gloomy day. I have to say I love Jane Eyre though, although it took a couple of reads for me to really "get" the characters. I think I'm one of the few modern readers who has any affection for Mr. Rochester, but I grew to sympathize with him on my like, 5th re-read. I never really felt like he was supposed to be terribly likeable, but I'm not sure Jane's meant to be all that likeable either.
Actually there's almost a cult like worship of Mr. Rochester among the many fans of Jane Eyre. It's not about him being likable (in any Facebook sense) - he's a true diamond-in-the-rough, an outsider like Jane, who despite his position in society is a lost soul. Jane asserts her individuality, her strength of character, and in the process becomes Rochester's savior. Despite his resentment and hostility and often outright pettiness, Rochester has a tender heart buried underneath all the scar tissue. Jane recognizes his true value (not his social position), as Rochester sees past Jane's plainness and humble station to recognize his "angel of light". Both Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights have been fertile ground for in-depth psychological interpretations by Carl Jung - there's a lot of archetypes at work in both.
you can't not like Jane Eyre!!!!
lol. joking. everyone with his/ her opinion.
but it's my favourite book- actually Wuthering Heights is my favourite too.
edit: what's wrong with you, girl!
you can't hate Heathcliff !!!!!! he's the reason why the book is so wonderful. !
there should be a law against hating him.
joking again.
i love the idea of this series , please talk about jane austen
I've added Jane Austen to my list - I love her books so can't wait to discuss her!
+lucythereader Great ❤
I've read all of the Bronte's novels, their poetry and all that I could find of their juvenalia. My favourite was Wuthering Heights, and my least favourite was Villette, which I really didn't like. Emily is also my favourite poet of the sisters, but I haven't loved any of their Juvenalia. Have you read Anne and Charlotte's poetry?
I've read some of Anne and Charlotte's poetry but I think Emily's is far superior. Charlotte and Anne, in my opinion, don't have the same grasp on rhythm and metre as Emily does, and Gondal is a world I've fallen completely in love with.
Bless you for hating Rochester. I finally found someone who does!
Autumn I have mixed feelings of Mr Rochester...
sometimes I love him and sometimes I hate him.
I've actually made the marmite reference about Wuthering Heights before, but unfortunately I'm at the other end of the spectrum. It sounds like the kind of novel I'd absolutely love, but unfortunately I really didn't like it. Not because of the controversial topics and general gloominess, but because I really didn't care for any of the characters. I didn't dislike them enough to want them to pay for what they've done, nor did I wish them well/expected them to redeem themselves. I just felt that I couldn't care less about any of it, which is unusual! It was one of these books that I had no desire to pick up but couldn't wait to get done with. Saying that, Anne was at the very bottom of my reading list (for no particular reason), but my friend asked me to read The Tenant of Wildfell Hall so we could talk about it. Because I've asked her to do the same when I was reading something else, I agreed - and I SO happy that I did! I loved it in so many ways; her writing, the plot, the characters, the settings, the themes..! I really appreciate that the characters actions are well explained (not excused, of course). We understand why they do what they do, regardless if these actions are consequences of a prior event or an aspect of their personalities. She absolutely nails it while portraying an abusive relationship and what it does to someone. Not to mention how Helen deal with it all - it's shocking for that period of time, but at the same time is very realistic. I haven't read Charlotte yet, but now I'm willing to do so and see what I think about her.
Sorry for the long comment, but I don't get to talk about it a lot, which is why I'd also like to thank you for this video! I look forward for more of you Classic Chats (if ever you decide to talk about Mary Shelley, it would be interesting to know what you think about the two versions of Frankenstein - I'm all for the 1818 one!). Have a lovely week! xx
Hello Lucy, I love your videos. I wish you can take a look into this discussion video Jane Austen vs Emily Bronthe at the channel of Intelligence Square. I am just watching it but it looks really interesting and with expert moderators. Thank you.
Jane Austen next please!
I’ve read Wuthering Heights probably four or five times and I love it more each time. I love love-hating Bronte men. I do disagree profoundly with your dislike for Jane Eyre but I appreciate this review.
*when I am feeling unheard or undervalued I hear Jane say “I’m not a bird” in my mind and I feel she’s a totem of strength for me, so I’m am biased.