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MONDAY BOOK TALK: 'JANE EYRE': Charlotte Bronte classic still holds up
From: Sunday Gazette-Mail
Date: 20040808
Author:Regina C. Davis
Oprah must be on to something.
Monday's Book Talk featuring Charlotte Bronte's classic "Jane Eyre" drew a larger-than-usual group that included several new faces. Everyone who attended seemed delighted to have a forum in which to talk about one of their favorite books. One after another, all around the circle, readers expressed the same sentiment: They just don't write 'em like this anymore.
And why has Bronte's novel endured?
Bronte's skill with language, many readers agreed, sets her writing apart from the sound-bite-laden, superficial, fast-paced plots lining ...
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