Drawing on letters released by Charlotte’s widower, Arthur Bell Nicholls, and by her friend Ellen Nussey, Shorter supplements Mrs Gaskell’s biography with fresh material. Chapters cover Patrick Brontë, the sisters’ childhood and schooling, the Brussels pensionnat, Branwell, Emily and Anne, and friends such as Mary Taylor and Margaret Wooler.
An essential source for anyone drawn to the Brontës, rich in their own words. Download the free EPUB.