Mr. Rochester is quite fun. Dressing up as an old gypsy fortune teller woman is to draw Jane out is unique.

However it’s not wholly unusual. Levin was only ever able to express his love to Kitty with the 19th century Russian equivalent of Scrabble.

It seems it’s now forgotten how difficult it can be for us guys to express ourselves in love. We’re expected to be so fearless declaring, but we’ve never been.