The Letters of Charlotte Bronte: Volume II: 1848-1851 Hardback
by Charlotte Bronte
Edited by Margaret (Honorary Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Research in Arts and Social Sciences, Smith
Part of the Letters of Charlotte Bronte series
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In this volume we share Charlotte Brontë's experience for four crucial years.
The success of Jane Eyre and the strange power of Wuthering Heights made the 'brothers Bell' the 'universal theme of conversation'; but privately the family endured the deaths of Branwell Brontë in September and Emily in December 1848, followed by Anne's in May 1849.
Haunted by the fear that she also would succumb, Charlotte found salvation in writing Shirley, published in October 1849, and comfort in her friendship and correspondence with Ellen Nussey, with her publishers–especially George Smith–with Mrs Gaskell, and (for a time) Harriet Martineau.
She may also have received a proposal of marriage from Smith, Edler's manager, James Taylor.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:844 pages, 4 black and white halftones
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:06/04/2000
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- ISBN:9780198185987
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:844 pages, 4 black and white halftones
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:06/04/2000
- Category:
- ISBN:9780198185987
