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Charlotte Bronte; Anne Bronte; Emily Bronte; E. C. Gaskell - The Life and Work of Charlotte Bronte and Her Sisters (Haworth Edition)

Title: The Life and Work of Charlotte Bronte and Her Sisters (Haworth Edition)
Description: London, Smith, Elder and Co, 1899-1905 . Cloth. A pleasing 'Haworth Edition' set containing the classic literary works of the Bronte sisters, with biographical notes and illustrations. The Haworth Edition. Complete in seven volumes. Uniformly bound in the publisher's original green cloth. This charming set collects the works of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte, with introductions and insights by Clement K. Shorter, Mrs Humphry Ward, and Mrs Gaskell.Widely recognised as some of Britain's most influential writers, the Bronte's collective works have been acclaimed as masterpieces of literature since their publications, with the sisters particularly becoming champions for female authors, who often published under male pseudonyms at the time.This set contains the following volumes, each illustrated with a frontispiece, facsimile title page and a number of monochrome plates.Vol I - 'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Bronte (1902) - Nine platesVol II - 'Shirley' by Charlotte Bronte (1899) - Nine plates Vol III - 'Villette' by Charlotte Bronte (1899) - Nine plates Vol IV - 'The Professor' by Charlotte Bronte and Poems by Charlotte, Emily and Anne Bronte and the Rev Patrick Bronte (1900) - Nine plates Vol V - 'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Bronte and 'Agnes Grey' by Anne Bronte (1900) - Nine plates Vol VI - 'The Tenant of Wildfell Hall' by Anne Bronte (1900) - Six platesVol VII - 'The Life of Charlotte Bronte' by Mrs Gaskell (1905) - Fifteen plates. Uniformly bound in the publisher's green cloth. Externally, very smart, with rubbing and bumping to the extremities, heaviest to the spine heads and tails. With the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with scattered spots to the first and last few leaves. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: Charlotte Bronte Emily Bronte Anne Bronte Classic Literature Emily Bronte Not Stated

Price: GBP 575.00 = appr. US$ 821.09 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 934Y22

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