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听	Charlotte Bront毛 anniversary	21听March 2005	听

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What was so revolutionary about the way she wrote?

Charlotte Bront毛 died 150 years ago and yet she still fascinates literary critics and readers around the world.听

The Bront毛 sisters' lives have become inextricably linked with their heroines.听Over the years, this has caused considerable controversy.听

Was Charlotte the passionate Jane Eyre that writers such as Thackery liked to imagine, or the saintly figure of Elizabeth Gaskell鈥檚 biography of her?听

Jenni听talks to novelist Joanna Trollope and biographer Lucasta Miller about听Charlotte's legacy.

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