Who would you choose - Jane Austen or the Brontë sisters?
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Who would you choose - Jane Austen or the Brontë sisters?
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I vote Austen.
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What a great question. I have never thought about this before. I love both of the writers so much, but I think I have to go with the Bronte sisters. Austen for sure is more reserved. Her writing is beautiful and has so many good ideas involved. Those ideas were revolutionary for her era. Still, I love the way the Bronte sisters write, especially Charlotte. To me, writings seems even more of an art form when reading their books.
Thanks for posting that question. It made me think of something new!
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I found Austen's writing style to be excruciatingly slow and reserved. I enjoyed the plot and I especially loved some of the characters (especially Darcy!) and its plot. But while I was reading it, I felt as if the story could have been condensed into half of its pages without ruining the quality of the novel. It took several long and dull passages to get to the interesting bits.
So far, I've really enjoyed "Wuthering Heights". I like Bronte's decision to have two narrators and two polar but interrelated families. Because I am given a family tree at the beginning of the novel, reading the novel often feels like putting together a puzzle--why did she marry him instead of him? So far, It's definitely been more entertaining than "Pride and Prejudice".
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P.S. It must also be said that asking a fan of both authors to choose between them is poorly thought out because their genres are different so it is hard to compare them.
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