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Jane Eyre Among Books Banned in Some Texas Public Schools

Original: Charlotte Bronte and Her Famous Heroine Jane Eyre Were Once the Talk of Texas. Now the Novel is Banned by Some of the State’s Public Schools

Charlotte Bronte's classic novel Jane Eyre, once widely celebrated in Texas, has been removed from some of the state's public school libraries and classrooms. The ban places the 19th-century English classic alongside other titles pulled amid a wave of book removals in Texas schools, drawing criticism from free expression advocates such as PEN America, who argue schools are restricting access to literature. The move has renewed debate over censorship in education.

Why now: School book bans in Texas remain a hot-button issue, and the removal of a canonical classic has sparked fresh outrage over censorship.

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