The Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 2 by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
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"The Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 2" by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell is a biography published in 1857. Drawing on personal friendship, letters, and firsthand testimonies, Gaskell crafted an influential portrait of the celebrated novelist. The first edition sparked immediate controversy, with slander complaints forcing its withdrawal and prompting censored revisions within months. Despite legal challenges and contested integrity, this groundbreaking work established the Brontë family as enduring cultural subjects, inspired literary
tourism to Yorkshire, and expanded the possibilities of biographical writing while addressing women's situations in Victorian society. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 2 |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_Charlotte_Bront%C3%AB |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 65.7 (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. | 1700 |
| Release Date | Apr 1, 1999 |
| Last Update | Feb 27, 2013 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1232 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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