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The Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 2

by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (1810–1865)

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  • 26 chapters
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"The Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 2" by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell is a biography published in 1857. Drawing on personal friendship, letters, and firsthand testimonies, Gaskell crafted an influential portrait of the celebrated novelist. The first edition sparked immediate controversy, with slander complaints forcing its withdrawal and prompting censored revisions within months. Despite legal challenges and contested integrity, this groundbreaking work established the Brontë family as enduring cultural subjects, inspired literary tourism to Yorkshire, and expanded the possibilities of biographical writing while addressing women's situations in Victorian society.

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  • Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855
  • Novelists, English · 19th century · Biography

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Chapter I

CONTENTS OF VOLUME TWO

Mr. Brontë afflicted with blindness, and relieved by a successful operation for cataract—Charlotte Brontë's first work of fiction, "The Professor"—She commences "Jane Eyre"—Circumstances attending its composition—Her ideas of a heroine—Her attachment to home—Haworth in December—A letter of confession and counsel.

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Contents

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  1. Volume 2: By Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
  2. Chapter I
  3. Chapter II
  4. Chapter IV
  5. Chapter V
  6. Chapter VI
  7. Chapter VII
  8. Chapter VIII
  9. Chapter IX
  10. Chapter X
  11. Chapter XI
  12. Chapter XII
  13. Chapter XIII
  14. Chapter I
  15. Chapter II
  16. Chapter III
  17. Chapter IV
  18. Chapter V
  19. Chapter VI
  20. Chapter VII
  21. Chapter VIII
  22. Chapter IX
  23. Chapter X
  24. Chapter XI
  25. Chapter XII
  26. Chapter XIII
  27. Chapter XIV

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This free edition of The Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 2 by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #1700, released 1999-04-01. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Biographies, British Literature.

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