Life of Charlotte Brontë (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Life of Charlotte Brontë The life of Charlotte Brontë has been written once for all by Mrs. Gaskell, but as no criticism of Miss Bronte's novels is possible apart from the story of her life, I have attempted the biographical sketch the following pages will be found to contain. For any lengthened quotations from Mrs. Gaskell's book (which is throughout referred to as G., the paging being that of the popular edition in one volume), I have the kind permission of Messrs. Smith and Elder. Mr. Wemyss Reid's monograph on Charlotte Brontë (Macmillan, 1877), is well-known, though whether the author performs the task he somewhat unnecessarily laid upon himself of proving that Mrs. Gaskell's portrait requires re-touching, is a question which is best left open for the consideration of the judicious reader of both books. Mr. Leyland's two volumes, "The Bronte Family" (Sampson Low: 1886), deserve to be read by every one, though, so far as he busies himself with Branwell Bronte, he fails to interest those who, to employ an American figure, "have no use" for that young man. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.