Author: GASKELL, MRS. (ELIZABETH CLEGHORN STEVENSON GASKELL)
Title: The Life of Charlotte Bronte
Description: London: Smith, Elder & Company, 1875. Reprint. 1. Leather. Half leather over marbled boards, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, one black and one red label in two compartments, gilt borders in all compartments, gilt borders on covers, marbled endpapers. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell, née Stevenson (1810 – 1865), often referred to simply as Mrs Gaskell, was a British novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many strata of society, including the very poor, and are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Mrs. Gaskell was a close friend of Charlotte Bronte, and was asked by Charlotte's father, Patrick Bronte, to write this biography of his daughter. The volume shows only the slightest signs of shelf-wear, else as new, unmarked, tight, square and clean. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. viii, 441, (5-ads) pp. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

Keywords: Fine Binding Biography; Charlotte Bronte Literary Biography Novels, Poetry & Literature Biography & Memoir


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