Recently I was talking about the zombies adaptation type trend in books and how I hate it and believe it is cheating but then someone mentioned putting vampires into Wuthering Heights and I was just, whoa, that's perfect, it totally makes sense that vampires would belong there. Oh the angst. The ANGST! I have no idea why Wuthering Heights is considered a classic. I saw no redeeming value in it.

Jane Eyre- yes. It helps if you don't see Rochester as a romantic hero and you don't see it as a happy romance. Because it's awful! You have to keep in mind that Bronte wasn't even subtle with how awful Rochester is, we shouldn't forget that just because Jane chose to marry him in the end. Just because it was her choice doesn't mean that it was a good one. I hate Rochester so much, to an extent that seems ridiculous given that it's just a fictional character.

[Just occurred to me- was Rochester's "I like how you're obscure, little and plain" the original neg?] Gee, thanks! Now that you've underscored my insecurities and you're ok with it of course I have no choice but to see you as the best I can do! And I don't care if Rochester said that because his first wife was terrifyingly gorgeous and sexy and he wants the opposite now, it was still an awful thing to say to Jane regardless of his reasons it's not all about him. [Except that for someone like Rochester it is in fact all. about. him] Not that that was the only occasion in which he manipulated and played Jane. Anyway!

But you have to read Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys... Though I read Jane Eyre first and and Wide Sargasso Sea really made sense to me, in my opinion it was very consistent with Jane Eyre.