Which Bronte is your favourite and why?

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I am a novice and so far have only read Wuthering Heights and am almost finished with Jane Eyre.

At the moment I am going for Jane Eyre as I am a sucker for the dark, destructive love and I do love a non-happy ending, well in Cathy and Heathcliff's case anyway.

It took about 100-150 pages for me to appreciate Jane Eyre and it didnt really work for me until Mr Rochester arrived.

Based on this I am going for Emily but reserve the right to change once Anne enters my bookshelf.

So share all things Bronte.

I did, several times in my youth. Prefer 'The Professor' though.

Cartimandua - that was put very well. I know that feeling and I definitely agree that WH does give that feeling.

could not have put it better cartimandua!

The time travelling nurse is only the beginning.. for wouldn't you know it she's engaged to a stolid doctor type who's decent but unromantic in 1945, and carrying on a passionate affair with Jamie Fraser, a 17th century etc etc etc....

Well, as you can imagine it all gets a bit complicated. But perhaps this is not the thread for that!

loveday, I've got all the way through Villette more than once, cross my heart and hope to die and think it's a wonderful book, in fact it would be one of my desert island books, to be honest.

I love Agnes Grey, I empathise with the heroine as I once was a teacher and I suspect that's a big part of the attraction. I loathed Shirley, "Tenant" was ok, adored Jane Eyre and W.H of course, I forgot about Villette. Please do read Agnes though 'tis wonderful..

mimble - Lucy Snowe is really difficult. Snobby, small minded, v patronising. I have yet to come to the interesting bit where she meets a young dr. (apparently) and that gives her a new world view. Please make it soon!

Read them all. Love them.

Utterly terrified when I read Jane Eyre at school, all that creeping about and madness - stayed with me, felt marked by the book but love it and more so when I reread it in my 20's and 40's -the romance and the determination of Jane

Villette - first time I read it found it so bland, second time adored it, the sadness of the woman and her deep longing are so poignant. Really is worth an effort

Tenant of Wildfell Hall, I love. Difficulty of relationships so believable.

Want to go to Haworth, when my kids are grown up, maybe my DH will take me.

I love them all. Jane Eyre or The Tenant of Wildfell Hall are probably my favourites.

My least favouite is probably Shirley. Took me a long time to get into it.

Me too, least like Shirley, Abcinthia

Enjoyed the post about living near the moors and how it stirs up rugged violence in Wuthering Heights - depressing on one evel but just such raw beauty in another way. Feel Wuthering Heights is a bit like poetry!

Found the post. to cartmandua