18th to 19th Century Literature

Chris said we can talk about anything we want to- I took that to heart. If I could be a professor of anything, it would be English Lit. I love it; I've always loved it. My favorite authors are Thomas Hardy, DH Lawrence, and to through a few poets in there, Keats, Wordsworth, and Yeats (although, technically he is an Irishman). I am also a huge fan of Tolstoy - who is Russian, but he was an enormous fan of Dickens. In fact, he kept a portriat of Dickens in his study -- so that's close enough, right? Oddly, I am not a big fan of Dickens, or George Eliot -- I tried to read Middle March three times -- and I haven't gotten past page 576 yet.

I am currently reading Jane Eyre. It's my reward to myself for Spring Break. I'm not going anywhere because I have to work -- so I decided I would allow myself to do something that wasn't associated with school. I forgot how much I loved that book. I remember going to the library and explaining to the librarian that I wanted something a little more advanced than The Boxcar Children, Goosebumps, and American Girl series. She handed me a copy of Jane Eyre. And that's when the love affair begin. From Jane Eyre to Withering Heights to all of Austen.

Of course, I love American authors around the same time: Lousia May Alcott, Emerson (who was actually best friends with Louisa's dad, crazy, eh?), and Thoreau.

Maybe it's not so much British literature as the time period.