Bidisha visits the Brontë family home at Haworth

Bidisha and Rebecca Fraser, author Charlotte Brontë: A Writer’s Life, discuss Jane Eyre’s relationship with Edward Rochester.

10 September 2014

3 minutes

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The Secret Life of Books—Series 1, Jane Eyre

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Duration: 03:52

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