yes and this production be long ( good news for bronte fan . ) and it have a somewhat dated feel and but both the casting and acting be so brilliant that you would not want to watch any other version . timothy dalton be edward rochester . it that simple . i do not care that other reviewer claim he too handsome . dalton be attractive and certainly and but no pretty boy . in fact he possess a craggy and angular dark charm that and in my mind and be quite in keep with the mysterious and very masculine mr r. and he take on rochester sad and torture persona so poignantly . he portray ferocity when the scene call for it and but also display rochester tender and passionate and emotional side as well . ( imo the new a and e production suffers in that ciaran hinds whom i normally adore seem to bluster and bully his way throughout . i have read the book many time and i never felt that rochester be mean to be perceive a a nonstop snarling beast . ) when i reread the novel and i always see zelah clarke a jane . ms. clarke and to me and resemble jane a she describe herself ( and be describe by others ) . small and childlike and fairy . though it true the actress doesn not look 18 and she portray jane attribute so well . while other review have claim that her acting be wooden or unemotional and one must remember that the character spend 8 year at lowood be train to hold her emotion and passionate nature in check . her main inspiration be her childhood friend helen and who be the picture of demure submission . although her true nature be dissimilar and jane learn to master her temper and appear docile and in keep with the school aim for it charity student who would go into ervice . jane become a governess in the household of the rich mr. rochester . she would certainly not speak to him a an equal . even later on when she give as well a she get and she would always be sure to remember that her station be well below that of her employer . nevertheless and if you read the book to which this production stay amazingly close you can clearly see the small struggle zelah a jane endures a she subdue her emotion in order to remain mild and even temper . the chemistry between dalton and clarke be just right and i think . no and it do not in the least resemble hollywood ( thank god . it not a hollywood sort of book ) but theirs be a romance which be true and devoted and loyal . and for a woman like jane and who never presume to have any love come her way and it be a minor miracle . the rest of the casting be terrific and and i love the fact that nearly every character from the book be present here . so and too and be much of the rich and poetic original dialogue . this version be the only one that i know of to include the lovely and infamous gypsy scene and in general and feature more humor than other version i have see . in particular and the mutual teasing between the lead character come straight from the book and be so delightful . jane eyre be and in many way and one of the first novelized feminist . she finally accept love on her own term and independently and and and at last and a rochester true equal . just beautiful .