The Life of Charlotte Bronte

Elizabeth Gaskell, Elisabeth Jay, Elisabeth Jay , Elisabeth Jay

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Penguin
29 January 1998

Biography; Biography: general; Biography: literary; Literary essays; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 ; Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers; Penguin Black Classics; Biography

The first full-length biography of a woman novelist by a woman novelist, which was almost single-handedly responsible for creating the Bronte myth

Elizabeth Gaskell's biography of her close friend Charlotte Bronte was published in 1857 to immediate popular acclaim, and remains the most significant study of the enigmatic author who gave Jane Eyre the subtitle An Autobiography. It recounts Charlotte Bronte's life from her isolated childhood, through her years as a writer who had 'foreseen the single life' for herself, to her marriage at thirty-eight and death less than a year later. The resulting work - the first full-length biography of a woman novelist by a woman novelist - explored the nature of Charlotte's genius and almost single-handedly created the Bronte myth.

By: Elizabeth Gaskell
Notes by: Elisabeth Jay
Introduction by: Elisabeth Jay
Edited by: Elisabeth Jay
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 197mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 370g
ISBN: 9780140434934
ISBN 10: 0140434933
Pages: 544
Publication Date: 29 January 1998
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

ELIZABETH GASKELL was born in London in 1810. She married a minister, and her literary output was substantial and completely professional. Many of her works are available in Penguin Classics, including NORTH AND SOUTH, SYLVIA'S LOVERS, and WIVES AND DAUGHTERS. She died suddenly in 1865. ELISABETH JAY has taught and lectured at various universities in Great Britain and the USA, and is currently Head of Westminster College, Oxford. Her books include FAITH AND DOUBT IN VICTORIAN BRITAIN.