Charlotte Bronte Books
Charlotte Bronte books including Jane Eyre first editions. This page of Rare British Books brings together the rarest Charlotte Bronte books (sister of Emily Bronte) , manuscripts and first editions for sale. She is, of course, best known for writing Jane Eyre which continues to fascinate today and Charlotte Bronte books still sell in huge numbers.
Charlotte was born in Thornton, Yorkshire in 1816, the third of six children. Mrs Brontë died of cancer on 15 September 1821, leaving five daughters and a son to be taken care of by her sister. Charlotte was sent with three of her sisters, Emily, Maria and Elizabeth, to the Clergy Daughters' School at Cowan Bridge in Lancashire (which she would describe as Lowood School in Jane Eyre). Its poor conditions, Charlotte maintained, permanently affected her health and physical development and hastened the deaths of her two elder sisters, Maria (born 1814) and Elizabeth (born 1815), who died of tuberculosis in June 1825 soon after their father removed them from the school on 1 June.
At home in Haworth Parsonage, Charlotte and the other surviving children — Branwell, Emily and Anne — began chronicling the lives and struggles of the inhabitants of their imaginary kingdoms. Charlotte and Branwell wrote Byronic stories about their country — Angria — and Emily and Anne wrote articles and poems about theirs — Gondal. The sagas were elaborate and convoluted (and still exist in part manuscripts) and provided them with an obsessive interest in childhood and early adolescence, which prepared them for their literary vocations in adulthood.
In May 1846, Charlotte, Emily and Anne published a joint collection of poetry under the assumed names of Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell. Although only two copies were sold, the sisters continued writing for publication and began their first novels. Charlotte used "Currer Bell" when she published her first two novels. Indeed, her novels were deemed coarse by the critics. There was speculation about the identity of Currer Bell, and whether Bell was a man or a woman.
Charlotte and her father were now left alone together. In view of the enormous success of Jane Eyre, she was persuaded by her publisher to visit London occasionally, where she revealed her true identity and began to move in a more exalted social circle, becoming friends with Harriet Martineau, Elizabeth Gaskell, William Makepeace Thackeray and G. H. Lewes. Her book had sparked a movement in regards to feminism in literature. The main character, Jane Eyre, in her novel Jane Eyre, was a parallel to herself, a woman who was strong. However, she never left Haworth for more than a few weeks at a time as she did not want to leave her aging father's side.
In June 1854, Charlotte married Arthur Bell Nicholls, her father's curate, and became pregnant soon thereafter. Her health declined rapidly during this time, and according to Gaskell, her earliest biographer, she was attacked by "sensations of perpetual nausea and ever-recurring faintness." Charlotte died, along with her unborn child, on 31 March 1855, at the young age of 38. Her death certificate gives the cause of death as phthisis (tuberculosis), but many biographers suggest she may have died from dehydration and malnourishment, caused by excessive vomiting from severe morning sickness or hyperemesis gravidarum. There is also evidence to suggest that Charlotte died from typhus she may have caught from Tabitha Ackroyd, the Brontë household's oldest servant, who died shortly before her. Charlotte was interred in the family vault in The Church of St. Michael and All Angels, Haworth, West Yorkshire, England.
It was discovered that Charlotte wrote 20 manuscript pages of a book, but died before she could finish; Clare Boylan finished it in 2007 as Emma Brown: A Novel from the Unfinished Manuscript by Charlotte Brontë.
Offered for sale here are Charlotte Bronte books for sale including first editions and signed Charlotte Bronte books.
Charlotte Bronte books for sale including first editions
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 CHARLOTTE BRONTE AUTOGRAPH ENVELOPE UNSIGNED $6,999.00 Time Remaining: 28d 13h 1m Buy It Now for only: $6,999.00 Buy It Now |
 Emily Charlotte Bronte COMPLETE NOVELS Rare Antique LEATHER Books JANE EYRE Book $1,800.00 Time Remaining: 22h 59m Buy It Now for only: $1,800.00 Buy It Now |
 Book One of Voltaires Henriade Translated by CHARLOTTE BRONTE $1,500.00 Time Remaining: 17d 22h 20m Buy It Now for only: $1,500.00 Buy It Now |
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 Charlotte Emily Anne Bronte Works 6 Volumes Jane Eyre Wuthering Heights Riviere $720.00 Time Remaining: 13d 1h 12m Buy It Now for only: $720.00 Buy It Now |
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 Bronte Charlotte Jane Eyre $500.00 Time Remaining: 16d 1h 51m Buy It Now for only: $500.00 Buy It Now |
 POEMS BY CHARLOTTE EMILY AND ANNE BRONTE NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME PRINTED 1902 $499.95 Time Remaining: 25d 12h 49m Buy It Now for only: $499.95 Buy It Now |
 The Letters of Charlotte Bronte With a Selection of Letters by Family and Frien $480.03 Time Remaining: 22d 13h 21m Buy It Now for only: $480.03 Buy It Now |
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 Bronte Charlotte Jane Eyre An Autobiography $400.00 Time Remaining: 16d 1h 53m Buy It Now for only: $400.00 Buy It Now |
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 Villette Currer Bell Charlotte Bronte 1853 US edition 1st thus $348.04 Time Remaining: 17d 9h 38m Buy It Now for only: $348.04 Buy It Now |
 Bronte Poems Selections from the Poetry of Charlotte $334.59 Time Remaining: 13d 14h Buy It Now for only: $334.59 Buy It Now |
 Bronte Charlotte JANE EYRE Easton Press 1st $325.00 Time Remaining: 29d 14h 49m Buy It Now for only: $325.00 Buy It Now |
If you are interested in buying brand new Charlotte Brontë books please see below - very low prices and many with free delivery.
 Jane Eyre  |
 Villette |
 The Complete Works of the Brontë Family |
 The Complete Works of Elizabeth Gaskell (20+ Books) |
 Jane Eyre (Wordsworth Classics) List Price: Sale Price: £0.01 You save: £1.98 (99%)  Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days |
 The Memoirs Of Edward Rochester |
 Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights |
 Life of Charlotte Bronte - Volume 2 |
 JANE AUSTEN COLLECTION - Complete Works Collected Novels PLUS Complete GEORGE ELIOT, LOUISA MAY ALCOTT, BRONTE SISTERS: CHARLOTTE BRONTE, EMILY BRONTE, ANNE BRONTE - 6 Writers in 1 BOOK PLUS BONUSES |
 Jane Eyre (Penguin Classics) List Price: Sale Price: £2.48 You save: £4.51 (65%) Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days |
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