The Life Of Charlotte Bronte

The Life of Charlotte Bronte by Elizabeth Gaskell. The Complete 2 Volumes. The Life of Charlotte Brontë is the posthumous biography of Charlotte Brontë by fellow novelist Elizabeth Gaskell. The first edition was published in 1857 by Smith, Elder & Co.. A major source was the hundreds of letters sent by Brontë to her lifelong friend Ellen Nussey. Gaskell had to deal with some sensitive issues. She toned down some of her material: in the case of her description of the Clergy Daughters' School, attended by Charlotte and her sisters, this was to avoid legal action from the Rev. William Carus Wilson, the founder of the school. The published text does not go so far as to blame him for the deaths of two Brontë sisters, but even so the Carus Wilson family published a rebuttal with the title "A refutation of the statements in 'The life of Charlotte Bronte, ' regarding the Casterton Clergy Daughters' School, when at Cowan Bridge."

Author: Elizabeth Gaskell

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Publication Date: Jul 12, 2018

Number of Pages: 250 pages

Language: English

Binding: Paperback

ISBN-10: 172287533X

ISBN-13: 9781722875336