Brontė Relics: A Collection History - Softcover

Ann Dinsdale

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9781903007150: Brontė Relics: A Collection History

Synopsis

The Brontė Parsonage Museum at Haworth holds the world's largest collection of the Brontės' manuscripts, letters, books and personal possessions. The extraordinary history of that collection is almost as fascinating as the fictions the Brontės created, or the compelling story of their lives. Brontė Relics tells this story; how the treasures of the collection survived, how they were brought together by the Brontė Society at the Parsonage, and how that collection has continued to grow. The intriguing journeys that various objects undertook prior to returning to the Parsonage is traced back through previous owners and collectors to the major sources of Brontėana, amongst them Charlotte's husband, Arthur Bell Nicholls; Ellen Nussey, Charlotte's lifelong friend; the family of Martha Brown, the Brontės' faithful servant; and the American collector, Henry Houston Bonnell.

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