Writers’ Houses | The Brontes Lived Here

Based on Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte

Margaret Drabble visits Haworth Parsonage and the Yorkshire Moors where the Brontes shared a legendary childhood. How much did their environment affect their work?

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  • Type: Analysis
  • Channel: BBC Two
  • Duration: 19'14''
  • Broadcast date: 1973
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