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Bronte's romantic classic, 'Jane Eyre,' coming to Valentine.
From: Blade (Toledo, OH)
Date: 20070301
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Byline: Nanciann Cherry
Mar. 1--A popular and critical success when it was first published in 1847, Jane Eyre nonetheless met with severe criticism.
Charlotte Bronte's novel was called "anti-Christian" and "a "personification of an unregenerate and undisciplined spirit." Its most famous critic, Elizabeth Rigby, alleged that Jane was a flawed character and it was wrong to make such a person interesting.
Hannah Cabell, who plays the title character in a production of Jane Eyre that comes to the Valentine Theatre tomorrow has a different point of view.
"It also has ...
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