Charlotte Brontë; Emily Brontë; Anne Bronte

The Life and Works of Charlotte Bronte and Her Sisters

London, Smith, Elder, & Co, 1900-6. Cloth. A seven volume set of 'The Life and Works of Charlotte Bronte and Her Sisters' illustrated throughout, with introduction and notes by Mrs Humphry Ward and Clement K. Shorter With eleven illustrations each in Volumes I-V, eight in Volume VI and seventeen in Volume VII. The Brontë sisters, Charlotte (April 21, 1816 – March 31, 1855), Emily (July 30, 1818 – December 19, 1848) and Anne (January 17, 1820 – May 28, 1849), were English writers of the 1840s and 1850s. Their novels caused a sensation when they were first published and were subsequently accepted into the canon of great English literature. The sisters grew up in Haworth, near Keighley in West Yorkshire (the region has come to be known as Brontë Country), surviving their mother and two elder sisters into adulthood. Charlotte and Emily had written compulsively from early childhood and were first published, at their own expense, in 1846 as poets under the pseudonyms Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell. The book attracted little attention, selling only two copies. The sisters returned to prose, producing a novel each in the following year. Charlotte's Jane Eyre, Emily's Wuthering Heights and Anne's Agnes Grey were released in 1847 after their long search to secure publishers. The novels attracted great critical attention and steadily became best-sellers, but the sisters' careers were shortened by ill-health. Emily died the following year before she could complete another novel, and Anne published her second novel, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, in 1848, a year before her death. Upon publication Jane Eyre received the most critical and commercial success of all the Brontë works, continuing to this day. Charlotte's Shirley appeared in 1849 and was followed by Villette in 1853. Her first novel, The Professor, was published posthumously in 1857. The first biography of Charlotte was written by her friend Elizabeth Gaskell and published in 1857. It helped create the myth of a doomed family living in romantic solitude. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810 – 1865), often referred to simply as Mrs. Gaskell, was an English novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. She is perhaps best known for her biography of Charlotte Brontë. In full cloth binding with gilt lettering. Externally, smart. There is some mild wear to the extremities including slight bumping to the corners and tops and tails of the spines, minor rubbing and marks to the boards. Internally generally firmly bound, although hinges are slightly strained. Pages are clean and bright with the occasional handling mark and isolated spot. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: SET3-F-1

Catalogue: English Literature Pre 1900

Keywords: Illustrated Novels Poetry Bronte Novels Mrs Humphry Ward Clement K. Shorter Various

BRONTE, ANNE; BRONTE, CHARLOTTE; BRONTE, EMILY; FOSTER, PETER [ILLUS.]

The Complete Works of the Bronte Sisters: Agnes Grey; Jane Eyre; Shirley; Wuthering Heights; the Professor; the Tenant of Wildfell Hall; Villette. 7 Volume Set. 1993

London: The Folio Society, 1993. Reprint. Green hardback moire silk covers. 230mm x 130mm (9" x 5"). 172pp; 421pp; 508pp; 278pp; 226pp; 386pp; 450pp. Drawings and engravings by different artists. Heavy set extra shipping needed for overseas.. VG : in very good condition with green slipcase. Spines slightly faded .

Barter BooksProfessional seller

Book number: fol098aa

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction Folio Society Classic Fiction

BRONTE, ANNE; BRONTE, CHARLOTTE; BRONTE, EMILY; FOSTER, PETER [ILLUS.]

The Complete Works of the Bronte Sisters: Agnes Grey; Jane Eyre; Shirley; Wuthering Heights; the Professor; the Tenant of Wildfell Hall; Villette. 7 Volume Set. 1991

London: The Folio Society, 1991. Reprint. Green hardback moire silk covers. 230mm x 130mm (9" x 5"). 172pp; 421pp; 508pp; 278pp; 226pp; 386pp; 450pp. Drawings and engravings by different artists. Very heavy set significant extra shipping needed for overseas.. VG : in very good condition with green slipcase. Spines faded to pink .

Barter BooksProfessional seller

Book number: fol098ad

Catalogue: Fiction

Keywords: Fiction Folio Society Classic Fiction

BRONTE Charlotte, BRONTE Emily, BRONTE Anne

The Life and Works of Charlotte Bronte and Her Sisters Haworth Edition on Thin Paper 6 Volumes Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette, the Professor & Poems, Wuthering Heights & Agnes Grey, the Tenant of Wildfell Hall

John Murray, 1926-1933. 6 vols (lacks Vol 7 The Life of Charlotte Bronte): Jane Eyre (reprint 1932), Shirley (reprint 1933), Villette (reprint 1932), The Professor & Poems (reprint 1926), Wuthering Heights & Agnes Grey (reprint 1931), The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (reprint 1926). 8vo (7 x 4½ ins). Original gilt decorated blind-ruled brown cloth, top edges brown (some light spots on boards - otherwise a bright VG set), no dustwrappers. Pp. various (school prize plate on front paste-down of vol I and previous owner's neat 1934 inscription on front free endpapers of vols II-VI). .

Rothwell & Dunworth LtdProfessional seller

Book number: 149514

Catalogue: Literature