The Life of Charlotte Bronte (Hero Classics)

Part of the Hero Classics series “As far as she could see, her life was ordained to be lonely, and she must her nature to her life, and, if possible, bring the two into harmony. When she could employ herself in fiction, all was comparatively well. The characters were her companions in the quiet hours, which she spent utterly alone, unable often to stir out of doors for many days together.” When Charlotte Bronte’s father asked Gaskell to write his daughter’s biography, his main concern was to pre