The Life of Charlotte Brontë

by Elizabeth Gaskell

Overview

This Halcyon Classics ebook THE LIFE OF CHARLOTTE BRONTË is the first published biography of the life of the English novelist who wrote JANE EYRE under the pen name Currer Bell.

Brontë (1816-1855) completed and published only three novels during her short career (a fourth, THE PROFESSOR, was published shortly after her death). She died pregnant at age 38, possibly from severe dehydration brought on by morning sickness.

Charlotte Brontë's sisters, Anne and Emily and brother Patrick were all authors in their own right, producing several classics of English literature including WUTHERING HEIGHTS (Emily Brontë) and AGNES GREY (Anne Brontë).

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012204493
Publisher:	Halcyon Press Ltd.
Publication date:	02/28/2011
Series:	Halcyon Classics , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	427 KB

About the Author

Tremendously popular in her lifetime, the books of the English author Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865) have often been overshadowed by her contemporaries the Brontës and George Eliot. Yet the reputation of her long-neglected masterpiece Wives and Daughters continues to grow. Gaskell wrote six novels in all — of which North and South and Cranford remain two of the best known — as well as numerous short stories, novellas, and a biography of her great friend Charlotte Brontё.