In the Footsteps of the Brontës
by Mrs. Ellis H. Chadwick [ Esther Alice Chadwick ]
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
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Bluffton, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Brentano's, 1914. Hardcover. Very Good. Various.. 8vo, red cloth with gilt lettering on front and spine, top edge gilt, deckled edges, 502 pages, 44 b/w illustrated plates, index, list of "Works by the Brontës." Condition is VERY GOOD / no jacket: slight rubbing to spine extremities, a slightly toned spine, owner bookplate of Edith Scoville ["Be of Good Cheer"], some light foxing stains to deckled edges with very light scattered foxing on some pages (it is minor, a bit more foxing is on the title and dedication page), illustrations are clean. This is a lovely book, one of the earlier biographies. Chadwick lived in the Haworth area for a few years; she also wrote a book on Elizabeth Gaskell. "A few years after Esther Alice Chadwick (fl. 1882-1928) - who wrote under the name Mrs Ellis H. Chadwick - had read a copy of Elizabeth Gaskell's Life of Charlotte Brontë, she moved to a house near the Haworth vicarage where the Brontë family had lived. As a result, Chadwick was able to speak to many people who had known the family, and in 1914 she published this extensive biography of the family. Beginning with the Irish ancestry of the three famous sisters, Charlotte (1816-55), Emily (1818-48) and Anne (1820-49), she traces their short but eventful lives. Chadwick examines their early years and the influence of their father, Patrick, his work in the ministry and the family's time at Haworth. Later chapters are devoted to the sisters' education and their literary output, seeking to understand their extraordinary creativity amid the difficult circumstances of their life." [from the Cambridge UPress who reprinted this title in 2011].
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- Bookseller
- Bygone Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17916
- Title
- In the Footsteps of the Brontës
- Author
- Mrs. Ellis H. Chadwick [ Esther Alice Chadwick ]
- Illustrator
- Various.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Brentano's
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1914
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- LITERARY BIOGRAPHY, LITERARY CRITICISM, 19TH-CENTURY LITERATURE, WOMEN WRITERS, CHARLOTTE BRONTË, EMILY BRONTË, ANNE BRONTË, PATRICK BRONTË
- Bookseller catalogs
- Literary History / Literary Criticism; Women Writers;
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