The Life of Charlotte Bronte (The Life and Works of Charlotte Bronte and Her Sisters Vol. VII [Volume 7])

659 pp. Volume seven of the uniformly bound series The Life and Works of Charlotte Bronte and Her Sisters, comprising a complete biography of Charlotte in one volume. Green cloth, gilt titles. Introduction and notes by Clement K. Shorter. Includes photographic plates. "Elizabeth Gaskell's The Life of Charlotte Bronte (1857) is a pioneering biography of one great Victorian woman novelist by another. Gaskell was a friend of Charlotte Bronte, and, having been invited to write the official life, determined both to tell the truth and to honour her friend. She contacted those who had known Charlotte and travelled extensively in England and Belgium to gather material. She wrote from a vivid accumulation of letters, interviews, and observation, establishing the details of Charlotte's life and recreating her background."