The Works of the Sisters Bronte: The Professor; Jane Eyre; Villette; Shirley; Tenant of Wildfell Hall; Agnes Grey; Wuthering Heights.

BRONTE, Charlotte.

Item Number: 18092

London: Downey and Company, 1898-99.

Octavo, 12 volumes. Finely bound by Macdonald in three quarters morocco. Gilt titles and tooling to the spine, gilt ruled to the front and rear panels, top edge gilt. Edited by Temple Scott. With seven engraved plates. In near fine condition. An attractive set.

The Brontes were a nineteenth-century literary family associated with the village of Thornton in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. The sisters, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne are well known as poets and novelists. Like many contemporary female writers, they originally published their poems and novels under male pseudonyms: Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. Their stories immediately attracted attention, although not always the best, for their passion and originality. Charlotte's Jane Eyre was the first to know success, while Emily's Wuthering Heights, Anne's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and other works were later to be accepted as masterpieces of literature.