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Jane Eyre: Fairytale and realism

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Jane Eyre: Fairytale and realism

SUBJECTS:  English

YEARS:  9–10


Do you detect a hint of the supernatural in Jane Eyre?

Professor John Bowen, Professor of Nineteeth-century Literature at the University of York, says, 'It is a novel with a lot of haunting in it.'

Listen as Professor Bowen discusses the fairytale and gothic elements in Charlotte Bronte's classic novel.

This clip from The British Library is one in a series of four.


Acknowledgements

Video © British Library.


Production Date: 2016


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