I had an English professor in college who polled the class on who had read Wuthering Heights or Jane Eyre. Only two of us could raise our hands and I had only read Jane Eyre and one other person in the class had only read Wuthering Heights. The professor asked us both if we were cat or dog people, I was cat and the other girl was dog, and said she'd been doing this poll since she was in grad school. Almost every time, cat people like Jane Eyre and dog people like Wuthering Heights.

All of this to say, I am a cat person and I HATED this book. I am usually a generous rater but I couldn't give this book more than 1 star. The only book I have detested more than this one is Robinson Crusoe. I understand the necessity of having unlikable characters in books but I didn't like anyone in this book. Jane Austen and Alexandre Dumas rank as some of my favorite authors and I adore the classics but I am almost angry about the time spent reading this.