The Life of Charlotte Brontë – The Aftermath
Elizabeth’s plan, in writing The Life of Charlotte Brontë, was to reframe her subject as a proper lady in order to counter the scathing reviews of Jane Eyre by Lady […]
The Life of Charlotte Brontë – Collecting Resources
As soon as the commission to write the biography of Charlotte Brontë had been accepted, Elizabeth needed to collect information from as many sources as she could.
The Life of Charlotte Brontë – An Invitation to Write
The Life of Charlotte Brontë – an invitation to write Two months after the death of her friend, Charlotte Brontë, Elizabeth Gaskell wrote to George Smith (their publisher) asking for […]
A Visit to the Parsonage
Dr Diane Duffy heads across the Pennines to visit a very special library. On 15th July 2022 I visited the Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth. The visit had been planned back […]