The Letters of Charlotte Brontï¿1/2: With a Selection of Letters by Family and Friends Volume II: 1848-1851 (Letters of Charlotte Bronte 1848-1851) [Hardcover]

Charlotte Brontï¿1/2 (Author), Margaret Smith (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 22, 2000 | ISBN-10: 0198185987 | ISBN-13: 978-0198185987

This is the second volume in the critically acclaimed Letters of Charlotte Bront�. During the important four years covered in this volume, Charlotte witnessed the success of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, but also endured the deaths of Branwell Bront� and Emily, followed by Anne's in May 1849. Haunted by the fear that she also would succumb, Charlotte found salvation in writing Shirley, published in October 1849, and comfort in her friendship and correspondence with Ellen Nussey, with her publishers--especially George Smith--with Mrs. Gaskell, and (for a time) Harriet Martineau. She may also have received a proposal of marriage from Smith, Edler's manager, James Taylor. This volume is fully annotated and introduced by eminent Bront� scholar Margaret Smith.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Margaret Smith's comprehensive and meticulous edition of The Letters of Charlotte Bront� appears like a banquet of rich and wholesome food for those hitherto condemned to meagre and contaminated scraps. . . . Smith's editorial apparatus is amazingly thorough . . . [it] gives us not only a complete and reliable text, but also an extraordinary wealth of annotation. . . . Volume 2 of Smith's edition of Charlotte Bront�'s Letters more than fulfils the expectations raised by volume 1. At last we can read Charlotte's words in as reliable a text as is humanly possible, together with all the contextual information necessary to bring the letters alive with contemporary resonances."--Victorian Studies

About the Author

Margaret Smith is Honorary Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Research in Arts and Social Sciences, University of Birmingham

Product Details

• Hardcover: 844 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (June 22, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198185987
• ISBN-13: 978-0198185987
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,529,352 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855) was from an English family that produced three novelists: herself, Emily, and Anne. Besides Jane Eyre, other best known works include Shirley and Villette.