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Is this the sexiest book ever written? Steamily passionate. Gloriously absurd. No wonder Jane Eyre is TV's hottest property.

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From: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Date: 20060928
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Byline: TANYA GOLD

NEXT to my bed, beside the tweezers, is a copy of Jane Eyre.

I cannot sleep more than a twitch away from Charlotte Bronte's novel - and neither, dear reader, should you.

When the BBC1 aired its new dramatisation on Sunday, I sat in front of the screen and dribbled. Is this new Rochester (Toby Stephens) as gorgeous as the best Rochester (Orson Welles)? Is Jane Eyre (Ruth Wilson) cool and chippy enough? Is Thornfield dark and dripping enough?

This novel is simply the best novel ever written by a toothless parson's daughter from Yorkshire - or ...

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