The Life of Charlotte Bronte

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Synopsis

Elizabeth Gaskell's biography of her close friend Charlotte Brontë 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 Brontë's life from her isolated childhood, through her years as a writer who had 'foreseen the single life' for herself, to her marriage at thirty-eight and death less than a year later. The resulting work - the first full-length biography of a woman novelist by a woman novelist - explored the nature of Charlotte's genius and almost single-handedly created the Brontë myth.

Book details

Author:
Elisabeth Jay, Elizabeth Gaskell
ISBN:
9780141908045
Related ISBNs:
9780140434934
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
18+
Grades:
Twelfth grade
Includes images:
Yes
Date of addition:
2022-08-04
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
1997
Copyright by:
Elizabeth Gaskell, Elisabeth Jay 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Biographies and Memoirs, Nonfiction