Charlotte Bronte

Shirley. Charlotte Bronte

Publisher Marketing: Title: Shirley. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The FICTION & PROSE LITERATURE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The collection provides readers with a perspective of the world from some of the 18th and 19th century's most talented writers. Written for a range of audiences, these works are a treasure for any curious reader looking to see the world through the eyes of ages past. Beyond the main body of works the collection also includes song-books, comedy, and works of satire. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Bronte, Charlotte; 1898. vi, 511 p.; 8 . 012621.l.29. Review Citations: Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/1997 pg. 12 (EAN 9780679602750, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2000 pg. 79 (EAN 9780679602750, Hardcover) Wilson Fiction Catalog 01/01/2006 pg. 110 (EAN 9780679602750, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Bronte, Charlotte Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855) was an English novelist and poet. She was the eldest of the three Bronte sisters, all of whom were gifted writers. The most prolific of the three sisters, Charlotte authored a number of children's stories as well as several novels, including Shirley, Villette, and The Professor. She published her first success, Jane Eyre, under the pseudonym Currer Bell in 1847.