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The Works of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë

Charlotte Brontë · 1893

A twelve-volume 1893 collected edition of the novels and poems of Charlotte Brontë and her sisters Emily and Anne.

A collected edition containing all of Charlotte's major novels and poems alongside those of her sisters.

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The Works of Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë, twelve volumes, 1893. Scanned book, Internet Archive.

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What it is

This is a twelve-volume set published in 1893 collecting the major works of Charlotte Brontë and her sisters Emily and Anne. It includes Charlotte's novels Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette, and The Professor, along with poems by all three sisters and their father Patrick Brontë.

Why it matters

Gathering the sisters' work together in one set shows how closely linked their literary legacy became after their deaths. It also preserves Charlotte's full range as a novelist and poet alongside her sisters Emily and Anne.

  • Why might publishers have chosen to combine the sisters' works into one collected edition?
  • What does including their father's poems alongside theirs suggest about the family's literary life?
  • How might reading all of Charlotte's novels together change your understanding of her as a writer?

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The Life of Charlotte Brontë

Elizabeth Gaskell · 1857

Title page of the 1853 first edition of Villette, reading 'VILLETTE.' followed by 'By Currer Bell, author of Jane Eyre, Shirley, etc.', 'In Three Volumes, Vol. I', and publisher lines for Smith, Elder & Co., London, and Smith, Taylor & Co., Bombay, dated 1853.Book

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Villette

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