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The Essay

Wisdom from fictional females

Episode 5: Mab Jones on Jane Eyre

Duration: 15 minutes

on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Poet Mab Jones chooses a favourite female fictional character, Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, and considers the lessons we all could learn from her. Recorded at the Hay Festival. Show more

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