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A fantastic mix of injustice, romance, passion and danger wrapped up in a glorious love story. An orphan, our bookish heroine Jane Eyre, is introduced as she attempts to survive life with her bullying, brutal cousins and her aunt, Mrs Reed. And she is sent to Mr Brocklehurt's punishing and grim Lowood School, but it brings friendship. Charlotte Bronte's most beloved novel, first published in 1847. Omnibus of the first five of ten parts dramatised by Rachel Joyce. Jane ....... Amanda Hale Rochester ....... Tom Burke Mrs Fairfax ....... Susan Jameson Young Jane ....... Nell Venables John Reed ....... Tom Taylor Mrs Reed ....... Tracy Wiles Bessie ....... Katie Redford, Brocklehurst ....... Gerard McDermott Helen Burns ....... Rebecca Hamilton Grace Poole ....... Debra Baker Blanche Ingram ....... Evie Killip Mason ....... Ewan Bailey Director: Tracey Neale First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in February 2016.
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