Love is in the air

It was meant to be. Even though recommendations and praises had been appearing over the last few days, today some reference or other to the romantic side of the Brontë novels was bound to appear.

The Hindu looks at classic novels and how the love expressed in them compares to this day of heart-shaped chocolate boxes:

But it is the brooding and stark Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte that has stayed with her [Radha Nair, a retired English professor].

"Heathcliff and Catherine are the opposites and such strong individuals. They had to give each other up and that there was no fulfilment adds to the aura," says Radha.

We encourage you to read this article for a good dose of romantic words and situations :)

The Sun-Sentinel explores the differences between the love expressions in books by Latin writers and books by English-speaking writers:

The best lines [in English and American novels], says Lynne Barrett of FIU, "are often of rejection or renunciation ... Often when one is declarative, there is a larger problem.

[...]

Jane Eyre's Mr. Rochester: `Come to me -- come to me entirely now,' said he. `Make my happiness -- I will make yours.'

But he's a man with a wife locked up in the attic.

Of course he is. Here's hoping all of those declarations that will surely take place today aren't hiding any madwomen in the attic :P

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