Finding a Book...

I have finished "Jane Eyre". I was sparked to re-read it after watching it on PBS the past two Sunday evenings.

Goodness, what a difference age makes in reading. I do believe that the first time I read it, Jane seemed old to me. I must have been young. Mr. Rochester, in those days, seemed a horror. Now my heart pines for a blind guy with only one hand.

THGGM and I have many long conversations. We do. But, as I told him yesterday, I don't believe we have EVER had a conversation as long as those of Jane and Edward. EVER. I'm not sure that I even find that sad (somehow i don't think jane ever said 'edward, is there a point to this? and if so, are you planning to get to it, like, soon?).

Now I'm planning to re-read "Wuthering Heights". I didn't like that book either. Heathcliff seemed a dolt to me.

What was with the Bronte sisters? I cannot imagine what THEIR conversations would have been like.

Someone needs to write a book titled "Dinner with the Brontes". I wonder just how long it took them to get to the point. 'Pass the salt' could very well cover several pages.

Then I might have to move on to Jane Austin. I WANT to like Jane Austin's books, but I don't. Now that I am old, might I like them? I know that it didn't help that I read from my collection of classics only when I had a major flu, or something that kept me down for long periods of time.

Perhaps a fevered brow does not bode well with reading Austin. Time will tell.

Now, if I could only find some moors in which to roam.

Oh, and a raving lunatic. That's a must have. I've room for one in my attic.

(okay. i might just have to say 'no' to wuthering heights. now that i have that stupid heathcliff cartoon music stuck in my head!)

If you haven't read (jumping here to non-fiction) "North to the Orient" by Anne Morrow Lindbergh, get thee to a bookstore! I found my copy in the clearance section at Barnes and Noble for two dollars.