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World Service,2 mins

Is Jane Eyre a little too good?

World Book Club

Available for over a year

In Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane puts up with abuse with great, perhaps superhuman, forbearance. An audience member asks why. Featuring writer Tracy Chevalier and biographer Claire Harman.

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