The Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1 by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
"The Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1" by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell is a biography published in 1857. Drawing on personal friendship, letters, and firsthand testimonies, Gaskell crafted an intimate portrait of the celebrated novelist that sparked immediate controversy. Complaints of slander forced the publisher to withdraw the first edition and issue censored versions within months. Despite its contested accuracy, this groundbreaking work transformed biographical writing, inspired enduring literary tourism to Yorkshire,
and elevated the Brontë family to lasting cultural prominence. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_Charlotte_Bront%C3%AB |
| Credits | Transcribed from the 1906 Smith, Elder, and Co. edition by David Price |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 64.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 |
| Subject | Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 1827 |
| Release Date | Jul 1, 1999 |
| Most Recently Updated | Dec 31, 2020 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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