Misconceptions about Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë One author, writing for the Atlas, compared Wuthering Heights to Jane Eyre saying that "Wuthering Heights casts on the mind a sadness that does not easily dissipate" (WH 300) while Jane Eyre manages to provide a cathartic element which offers its reader a freedom. The same author criticizes it for its lack of realistic elements, asserting that “a few flashes of sunlight would have increased the reality of the painting and given strength rather than weakness to the whole” (WH 300). Upon further comparison, the author says Jane Eyre "lacks the power and originality of Wuthering Heights, [although] it is infinitely more enjoyable" and ends by saying that Ellis Bell ( pseudonym of Emily Bronte) is an author with colossal promises (WH 300). Some literary critics of the time preferred to cross the barrier on this controversial book. An essay published in the Weekly Newspaper by Douglas Jerrold declared it a "strange book – baffling all the regular reviews" (WH 302). Without engaging in any real criticism of the story or the author, the author alludes to the article's troubling themes and ends his article by saying: "We strongly recommend that all our readers who like novelty obtain this story” (WH 302). critics are more than willing to attack both the work and Ellis Bell. A writer for the Examiner said, shortly after the book's publication, "it is wild, confused, disjointed and improbable, and the people who compose the drama...are cruder savages than those who lived before the time of Homer” ( WH 303). Charlotte Brontë attempts, in her 1850 publication of Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey, to address misconceptions about her sisters, their pseudonyms, and Emily's infamous book. Charlotte says a grave mistake was made towards her sister when critics tried to claim the same hand that wrote Jane Eyre was responsible for Wuthering Heights..

Essay / Misconceptions about Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë One author, writing for the Atlas, compared Wuthering Heights to Jane Eyre saying that "Wuthering Heights casts on the mind a sadness that does not easily dissipate" (WH 300) while Jane Eyre manages to provide a cathartic element which offers its reader a freedom. The same author criticizes it for its lack of realistic elements, asserting that “a few flashes of sunlight would have increased the reality of the painting and given strength rather than weakness to the whole” (WH 300). Upon further comparison, the author says Jane Eyre "lacks the power and originality of Wuthering Heights, [although] it is infinitely more enjoyable" and ends by saying that Ellis Bell ( pseudonym of Emily Bronte) is an author with colossal promises (WH 300). Some literary critics of the time preferred to cross the barrier on this controversial book. An essay published in the Weekly Newspaper by Douglas Jerrold declared it a "strange book – baffling all the regular reviews" (WH 302). Without engaging in any real criticism of the story or the author, the author alludes to the article's troubling themes and ends his article by saying: "We strongly recommend that all our readers who like novelty obtain this story” (WH 302). critics are more than willing to attack both the work and Ellis Bell. A writer for the Examiner said, shortly after the book's publication, "it is wild, confused, disjointed and improbable, and the people who compose the drama...are cruder savages than those who lived before the time of Homer” ( WH 303). Charlotte Brontë attempts, in her 1850 publication of Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey, to address misconceptions about her sisters, their pseudonyms, and Emily's infamous book. Charlotte says a grave mistake was made towards her sister when critics tried to claim the same hand that wrote Jane Eyre was responsible for Wuthering Heights..

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