An exceptional example of this rare edition publicly disclosing the true authors of two of the finest masterpieces of English literature. From the library of Virginia bibliophile and historian Christopher Clark Geest with his bookplate to the pastedown. Charlotte published this ‘New Edition’ if her sisters’ masterpieces in 1850 with the intention of publicly disclosing their true authorship and rectifying the rumor that all three sisters’ works were the production of one singular author. Charlotte was the driving force behind the publication of all three sisters’ works and survived both Emily (who died at the age of 30 in 1848, a year after the initial publication of Wuthering Heights) and Anne (who died at the age of 29 in 1849). Edited and compiled by Charlotte Brontë under the pseudonym Currer Bell with her Editor’s Preface, Biographical Notice of the Authors, and Selections from the Literary Remains of Ellis and Acton Bell. Octavo, original elaborately stamped cloth, gilt titles to the spine. Item Number: 80212įirst revised edition and second appearance of both Emily and Anne Brontë’s singular masterpieces, originally published under the pseudonyms Ellis and Acton Bell.
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