Novels of the Sisters Bronte. Thornton edition. Jane Eyre; Wuthering heights. Volume 1; Volume 2; The professor; Shirley. Volume 1; Volume 2; Villette. Volume 1; Volume 2; The tenant of Wildfell Hall. Volume 1; Volume 2; Agnes Grey; The life of Charlotte Bronte. . . Introduction and notes by Temple Scott and B.W. Willett. . . .
by BRONTE, Emily, Charlotte, & Anne; GASKELL, E.C
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Edinburgh: John Grant, 31 George IV Bridge, 1924. Twelve vols. 8vo. xi, [5], 405, [1]; [6], 371, [1]; xvii, [3], 499, [1]; xi, [5], 378; [6], 458; [6], 471, [1]; xi, [5], 421, [1]; [6], 406; [4], 353, [1]; [4], 347, [1]; [4], 301, [1]; xviii, [2], 525, [1] pp. Half-titles & titles in red & black, all vols. w/ frontisp. (some sepia-tinted photogravures), plates. Uniformly bound in publisher’s green linen, decorated gilt spines & lettering (occasional shelfwear, slight rubbing, very slight bumping to some corners), w/ original d.j.’s, printed spine art to match the bindings (some minor chipping heads & feet of some spines, occasional closed tears, thumbing, dustsoiling), still a NF/VG set, partially uncut & unopened. An excellent Thornton Edition of the Bronte sisters’ opus of gothic novels, edited by Temple Scott, featuring the detailed biography of Charlotte Bronte by Gaskell, uncommon with all volumes in original dustjackets. Charlotte’s “Jane Eyre,” and Emily’s “Wuthering Heights,” are considered not only the two sisters best works, but still central to the English literature canon, while Anne’s lesser known Tenant of Wildfell Hall is considered by many as the first sustained feminist novel. Charlotte would outlive both her talented sisters, eventually marry her father’s curate whom she had disliked, and die at 38, unable to survive her pregnancy.
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- Novels of the Sisters Bronte. Thornton edition. Jane Eyre; Wuthering heights. Volume 1; Volume 2; The professor; Shirley. Volume 1; Volume 2; Villette. Volume 1; Volume 2; The tenant of Wildfell Hall. Volume 1; Volume 2; Agnes Grey; The life of Charlotte Bronte. . . Introduction and notes by Temple Scott and B.W. Willett. . . .
- Author
- BRONTE, Emily, Charlotte, & Anne; GASKELL, E.C
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- John Grant, 31 George IV Bridge,
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh:
- Date Published
- 1924.
- Keywords
- Charlotte, Emily, Anne Bronte, English Literature, Folio Society, Woodcut Engravings, Woodcut Engraved, Women Authors, Women’s Literature, Simon Brett, Howard Phipps, Peter Forster,George Tute, Peter Reddick, Ian Stephens, Harry Brockway, Sets
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