I actually found Wuthering Heights pretty funny in spots. Very melodramatic which actually isn't usually what I like to read either, but it was so over-the-top in spots . . .

I have book club groups going on in my classes right now, and two groups are reading Wuthering Heights and they are enjoying it (and doing a great job of writing literary criticism at this moment over it). SD, another couple groups are wading through the dialect in Huck Finn (not my favorite but they seem to like it okay). Another couple groups are tackling As I Lay Dying and also enjoying it. Several other novels going on; keeps me on my toes.

One reason I love doing novels in small book groups is that it lets those 4 or 5 students kind of wrangle their way through the literature on their own and sparks great conversations. Much more effective than the whole class all reading the same book; too easy in a large group for individuals to sit back, disappear, and disengage. The small groups keep each other accountable.