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Three weeks for Dreamwidth: What book surprised you by turning out way better than you expected?

I already talked a bit about The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Kundera, which was a book that surprised me in various ways. However, the book I wish to pick in relation to this question is Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë.

This was a book that I read for a school assignment. We had a list of books to read, and I went to the library relatively late, so many other students had already picked the books I had marked on my paper and wanted to read. This book was the only one I could still find in the local library. I recall picking up the book from the shelf and reading the summary. I instantly disliked it. It was formulated like a typical love story, and at that time, the last thing I wanted to read was a (straight) romance book. But since I had no other option, I picked up the book and started reading it. Rather quickly, I was taken aback by the strength of this story, the rawness, the deep and obsessive love between unlikely lovers. I loved every moment of reading it. I think this book enflamed in me a bit of a passion for classics, as in the years to come, I read a good number of them, remembering this book and how something you think you might not be interested in might surprise you and enchant you.
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