The Brontë Sisters (boxed Set) (jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights, The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall, Villette)

By (author) Brontë, Charlotte
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By (author) Brontë, Charlotte; By (author) Brontë, Emily; By (author) Brontë, Anne
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A box set that brings together the Bronte sisters'' four greatest novels in beautiful Penguin editions. From the bleak moors of Wuthering Heights to the Belgian capital in Villette, and the mysterious, gloomy country estates of Jane Eyre and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, it features the most famous siblings in literature at the peak of their powers.
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Jane Eyre | Wuthering Heights | The Tenant of Wildfell Hall | Villette

This stunning box set brings together the Brontë sisters'' four greatest novels in beautiful Penguin editions designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.


From the bleak moors of Wuthering Heights to the Belgian capital in Villette, and the mysterious, gloomy country estates of Jane Eyre and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, these four novels of passion and struggle show the most famous siblings in literature at the peak of their powers.


Biographical note:
Charlotte Brontë was born in Yorkshire in 1816. As a child, she was sent to boarding school, where two of her sisters died; she was subsequently educated at home with her younger siblings, Emily, Branwell and Anne. As an adult, Charlotte worked as a governess and taught in a school in Brussels. Jane Eyre was first published in 1847 under the pen-name Currer Bell, and was followed by Shirley (1848), Villette (1853) and The Professor (posthumously published in 1857). In 1854 Charlotte married her father''s curate, Arthur Bell Nicholls. She died in March of the following year. Emily Brontë (1818-48). Best known for her only novel, Wuthering Heights, and a collection of surviving poems, she remains one of the most intensely original and passionate voices in English literature.
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From the bleak moors of Wuthering Heights to the Belgian capital of Villette, and the mysterious, gloomy country estates of Jane Eyre and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, these four novels show the most famous siblings in literature at the peak of their powers.
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Author By (author) Brontë, Charlotte
Date Of Publication Jun 30, 2016
EAN 9780241248768
Contributors Brontë, Charlotte; Brontë, Emily; Brontë, Anne
Publisher Penguin Classics
Languages English
Country of Publication United Kingdom
Width 166 mm
Height 211 mm
Thickness 142 mm
Product Forms Multiple-component Retail Product, Slip-cased
Weight 2.958000
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