Charlotte Brontë juvenilia, 1829-1830.

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Charlotte Brontë juvenilia, 1829-1830.

Nine miniature manuscript books: six by Charlotte Brontë and three by Patrick Branwell Brontë. The books depict imaginary worlds created through drawings, stories, and poetry. They concern the fantasy worlds of the Glass town Confederacy and Angria. The manuscripts were written when Charlotte was thirteen and Branwell twelve.

1 box (.1 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7799256

Houghton Library

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Brontë, Patrick Branwell, 1817-1848

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Patrick Branwell Brontë (born Thornton, England, 26 June 1817 – died 24 September 1848, Hayworth, England) was an English painter and writer. He was the only son of the Brontë family, and brother of the writers Charlotte, Emily and Anne. Brontë was rigorously tutored at home by his father, and earned praise for his poetry and translations from the classics. However, he drifted between jobs, supporting himself by portrait-painting, and gave way to drug and alcohol addiction, apparently worsened b...

Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855

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Charlotte Brontë (b. April 21, 1816, Thornton, Yorkshire, England–d. March 31, 1855, Haworth, Yorkshire, England), English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters. She first published her works, including Jane Eyre, under the pen name Currer Bell....