The Letters of Charlotte Brontë: 1848-1851
The Letters of Charlotte Brontë: 1848-1851

Author: Charlotte Brontë

Publisher: Clarendon Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 866

ISBN-13: 9780198185987

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In this volume we share Charlotte Bronte's experience for four crucial years. The success of Jane Eyre and the strange power of Wuthering Heights made the 'brothers Bell' the 'universal theme of conversation'; but privately the family endured the deaths of Branwell Bronte in September andEmily in December 1848, 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 MrsGaskell, and (for a time) Harriet Martineau. She may also have received a proposal of marriage from Smith, Edler's manager, James Taylor.

The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: Volume VIII. A Supplement of New Letters
The Letters of William and Dorothy Wordsworth: Volume VIII. A Supplement of New Letters

Author: William Wordsworth

Publisher: Letters of William and Dorothy

Published: 1967

Total Pages: 404

ISBN-13: 9780198185239

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None of the letters in this volume has appeared in the original edition of the Letters, and most have never previously been published at all. They throw striking and unexpected new light on Wordsworth's imaginative and emotional life, his career as a poet, his activities and friendships, and his relationships within his own circle.

Routledge Revivals: The Letters and Private Papers of William Makepeace Thackeray, Volume I (1994)
Routledge Revivals: The Letters and Private Papers of William Makepeace Thackeray, Volume I (1994)

Author: Edgar F. Harden

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-03-16

Total Pages: 942

ISBN-13: 1315445425

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First published in 1994, these two volumes are intended as a supplement to the four-volume edition edited by Gordon N. Ray in 1945-46. In writing to his broad range of correspondents, Thackeray produced a varied body of letters that will help readers to better understand his nineteenth-century society as well as his professional and private life — especially his relationships with women. These volumes contain 1713 letters: 1464 to and from Thackeray that were not included in the earlier volumes, and 249 with texts that have been edited from newly available manuscripts, and that thereby replace texts that were printed in Ray from incomplete sources.

Women and Literature in Britain 1800-1900
Women and Literature in Britain 1800-1900

Author: Joanne Shattock

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2001-08-30

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 9780521659574

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These new essays by leading scholars explore nineteenth-century women's writing across a spectrum of genres. The book's focus is on women's role in and access to literary culture in the broadest sense, as consumers and interpreters as well as practitioners of that culture. Individual chapters consider women as journalists, editors, translators, scholars, actresses, playwrights, autobiographers, biographers, writers for children and religious writers as well as novelists and poets. A unique chronology offers a woman-centered perspective on literary and historical events and there is a guide to further reading.

Victorian Britain
Victorian Britain

Author: Sally Mitchell

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 1014

ISBN-13: 0415668514

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First published in 1988, this encyclopedia serves as an overview and point of entry to the complex interdisciplinary field of Victorian studies. The signed articles, which cover persons, events, institutions, topics, groups and artefacts in Great Britain between 1837 and 1901, have been written by authorities in the field and contain bibliographies to provide guidelines for further research. The work is intended for undergraduates and the general reader, and also as a starting point for graduates who wish to explore new fields.