![]() ![]() A must-read for fans of both Charlotte Brontë and Elizabeth Gaskell.Įlizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) is an enduringly popular and highly regarded English novelist. Though a revealing account of Charlotte"s life and experiences, Gaskell held back on many of the more sensational details so as to avoid affronting a Victorian audience, such as Charlotte"s infatuation with a married man, and the shocking ill-treatment the Brontë sisters received at school. It follows Charlotte"s life through from her lonely childhood and difficult schooldays, to her literary career, marriage and death barely a year later. It contains Gaskell"s own personal recollections through her friendship with Charlotte, as well as excerpts from letters and beautiful descriptions of the Yorkshire landscape. ![]() The biography 'The Life of Charlotte Brontë" by her friend and contemporary Elizabeth Gaskell was first published in 1857 to great acclaim and remains a fascinating insight into the life of the 'Jane Eyre" author. ![]()
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