I wasn't bored so much as disgusted, myself. The idea of Heathcliff and Catherine's relationships as "romantic" just baffles me: in my estimation the man was a sulky, self-centred slimeball, and she was a vicious little hellcat. Whatever unhealthy obsessions and tangled lusts the two of them had going, it certainly had nothing to do with love.

But then, I find GONE WITH THE WIND (the movie -- I've never had the slightest desire to open the book) intolerable as well. I just want to smack Scarlett upside the head.