The Life of Charlotte Bronte
$25.14
- Paperback
544 pages
- Release Date
29 January 1998
Summary
The first full-length biography of a woman novelist by a woman novelist, which was almost single-handedly responsible for creating the Bronte myth.
Elizabeth Gaskell’s biography of her close friend Charlotte Bronte was published in 1857 to immediate popular acclaim, and remains the most significant study of the enigmatic author who gave Jane Eyre the subtitle An Autobiography. It recounts Charlotte Bronte’s life from her isolated childhood, through her years as a wri…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140434934 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140434933 |
| Author: | Elizabeth Gaskell, Elisabeth Jay |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 544 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 29 January 1998 |
| Weight: | 367g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 127mm x 24mm |
| Series: | Penguin Classics |
About The Author
Elizabeth Gaskell
ELIZABETH GASKELL was born in London in 1810. She married a minister, and her literary output was substantial and completely professional. Many of her works are available in Penguin Classics, including NORTH AND SOUTH, SYLVIA’S LOVERS, and WIVES AND DAUGHTERS. She died suddenly in 1865.
ELISABETH JAY has taught and lectured at various universities in Great Britain and the USA, and is currently Head of Westminster College, Oxford. Her books include FAITH AND DOUBT IN VICTORIAN BRITAIN.
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