{"product_id":"the-life-of-charlotte-bronte-paperback-9781108020510","title":"The Life of Charlotte Brontë (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108020510","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Life of Charlotte Brontë\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGaskell's successful biography helped to establish the Brontës' public image as a family characterised by literary genius and personal tragedy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eElizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108020510, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 16 September 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e340 pages, 1 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 1.9 x 14 cm, 0.43 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePublished two years after the novelist's death, this two-volume work is the first and the best-known of the many biographies of the Brontë family. Written by the novelist Elizabeth Gaskell (1810–1865) the book was instrumental in the creation of the Brontës' public image as a family set apart by literary genius and personal tragedy. Gaskell's chief source for the biography was some 350 letters between Charlotte and her friend Ellen Nussey, letters which Charlotte's husband, Arthur Bell Nicholls, had asked Nussey to destroy after his wife's death, fearing they would damage her reputation. Volume 2 covers Charlotte's writing of The Professor, the publication of Jane Eyre, the deaths of Branwell, Emily and Anne, the publication of Shirley and Villette, her correspondence with Thackeray, Gaskell and Martineau, and her eventual marriage in 1854 to Nicholls, her father's curate. It concludes with a description of Charlotte's funeral.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Mr. Brontë afflicted with blindness, and relieved by a successful operation for cataract\u003cbr\u003e 2. State of Charlotte Brontë's health at the commencement of 1847\u003cbr\u003e 3. The 'Quarterly Review' on 'Jane Eyre'\u003cbr\u003e 4. Commencement and completion of 'Shirley'\u003cbr\u003e 5. 'Currer Bell' indentified as Miss Brontë at Haworth and the vicinity\u003cbr\u003e 6. An unhealthy spring at Haworth\u003cbr\u003e 7. Visit to Sir J. and Lady Kay Shuttleworth\u003cbr\u003e 8. Intended republication of 'Wuthering Heights' and 'Agnes Grey'\u003cbr\u003e 9. Miss Brontë's visit to Miss Martineau, and estimate of her hostess\u003cbr\u003e 10. Remarks on friendship\u003cbr\u003e 11. Miss Brontë visits Scarborough\u003cbr\u003e 12. The biographer's difficulty\u003cbr\u003e 13. Letters to Mrs. Gaskell on writing fiction, \u0026amp;c.\u003cbr\u003e 14. Mourners at the funeral.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20c%201800%20to%20c%201900%20%20%5BDSBF%5D%22\"\u003eDSBF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265951977752,"sku":"9781108020510","price":30.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108020510i_b1038e08-3326-406e-a9a5-ff97eaa75bc2.jpg?v=1694869607","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-life-of-charlotte-bronte-paperback-9781108020510","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}