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From: Jerusalem Post
Date: 19971219
Author:Calev Ben-David

Calev Ben-David
Jerusalem Post
12-19-1997
There's no doubt that the TV story of the week was that of a strong, assertive woman, who finds herself the unfair victim of a vicious campaign of gossip and slander.

Of course I'm referring to The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, the excellent three-part British mini-series running on Channel 1 which winds up this Sunday night at 10:35. Based on a novel by Anne Bronte, the younger, lesser-known sister of Charlotte and Emily, this is a compelling gothic melodrama with a surprisingly strong feminist slant for a 19th-century work.

The heroine, Helen ...

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