The Life of Charlotte Bronte (Hero Classics)

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As far as she could see, her life was ordained to be lonely, and she must subdue her nature to her life, and, if possible, bring the two into harmony. When she could employ herself in fiction, all was comparatively well. The characters were her companions in the quiet hours, which she spent utterly alone, unable often to stir out of doors for many days together.

Elizabeth Gaskell took inspiration from letters sent by Charlotte to Ellen Nussey to write this biography of her friend. The first edition was published in 1857 to popular acclaim, and remains the most significant study of the famous author. Charlotte was the eldest of the threeBront sistersand whose novels became classics ofEnglish literature such as Jane Eyre and Villette. This captivating biography takes the reader from Charlottes early childhood with her sisters, explores her writings, her marriage and her tragic death.

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Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-65) was a Victorian novelist and short story writer born in London. She became a first-hand witness to the difficult circumstances of labourers in the North after marrying a Manchester preacher. Her best-known works are a social novel North and South (1854), a tale about industrialisation, as well as an episodic novel Cranford set in a fictional town modelled on Gaskell's childhood setting. Both works were published in Dickens's periodical Household Words. Gaskell was also one of the first female biographers as she wrote about the life and works of Charlotte Brnte.