Misconceptions about Wuthering Heights Victorian reviewers of Emily Bronte's classic Wuthering Heights found it too harsh and sad for their tastes. One author, writing for the Atlas, compared Wuthering Heights to Jane Eyre saying that "Wuthering Heights casts a darkness upon the mind which is not easily dispelled" (WH 300) while Jane Eyre manages to provide some cathartic element which offers its reader a publication. The author himself criticizes it for the lack of realistic elements, stating that "a few flashes of sunshine would have increased the reality of the painting and given strength rather than weakness to the whole" (WH 300). Upon further comparison, the author says that Jane Eyre "lacks the power and originality of Wuthering Heights, [though] it is infinitely more enjoyable" concluding that Ellis Bell (pseudonym of Emily Bronte) is an author with promise colossal (WH 300). Some literary critics of the time preferred to ignore this controversial book. An essay published in Douglas Jerrold's Weekly Newspaper stated that it was a “strange book, baffling all regular criticism” (WH 302). While not engaging in any actual criticism of the story or the author, the writer alludes to the disturbing themes of the piece and closes his article by saying, “We heartily recommend that all our readers who enjoy novelty read this story” (WH 302). critics are more than willing to attack both the work and Ellis Bell. A writer for the Examiner stated, shortly after the book's publication, "it is wild, confused, rambling and improbable, and the people who make up the drama . . . are rougher savages than those who lived before Homer's time" (W.H. 303). Charlotte Bronte attempts, in her preface to the 1850 publication of Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey, to address misconceptions about her sisters, their pseudonyms, and Emily's infamous book. Charlotte claims a grave mistake was made against her sister when critics attempted to claim that the same hand that wrote Jane Eyre was responsible for Wuthering Heights.