• Two of English writer Elizabeth Gaskell’s books are in this Kindle edition: The Life of Charlotte Bronte (Volumes I & II) and Mary Barton
The Life of Charlotte Bronte (1857)
The first biography of the English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who is best known for her novel Jane Eyre. Charlotte Brontë was born in 1816, and her sisters Emily and Anne later in 1818 and 1820. The sisters decided to open their own school but the project was not successful. Charlotte decided instead to publish the poetry of all three sisters, written under the pseudonyms of Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell. Charlotte's Jane Eyre, Emily's Wuthering Heights, and Ann's Agnes Grey were then published, still under the pseudonyms.
By the mid 1800s, Charlotte was moving in London's literary circles where she met Elizabeth Gaskell. She married The Rev. A. B. Nicholls, curate of Haworth since 1845.
About The Author
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810 –1865) was a British author and the first to write a biography of her friend Charlotte Bronte, another famous Victorian-era author.
The Life of Charlotte Bronte (1857)
The first biography of the English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who is best known for her novel Jane Eyre. Charlotte Brontë was born in 1816, and her sisters Emily and Anne later in 1818 and 1820. The sisters decided to open their own school but the project was not successful. Charlotte decided instead to publish the poetry of all three sisters, written under the pseudonyms of Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell. Charlotte's Jane Eyre, Emily's Wuthering Heights, and Ann's Agnes Grey were then published, still under the pseudonyms.
By the mid 1800s, Charlotte was moving in London's literary circles where she met Elizabeth Gaskell. She married The Rev. A. B. Nicholls, curate of Haworth since 1845.
About The Author
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810 –1865) was a British author and the first to write a biography of her friend Charlotte Bronte, another famous Victorian-era author.
