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This final volume of Charlotte Brontë's letters covers the period from 1852, when she eventually completed Villette, to March 1855, when she died at the early age of 38. Published in January 1853, Villette reflects experiences and moods conveyed with sharp immediacy in the correspondence of the preceding years. In December 1852 one of her most dramatic letters described the crucial event in her private life: Arthur Nicholls's proposal of marriage, when,'shaking from head to foot'he made her feel'what it costs a man to declare affection where he doubts response.'Mr Brontë's furious opposition to the match was not overcome until 1854, the year of Charlotte's marriage on 29 June. In the all too few months before her death, she came to love and trust Nicholls, her'dear boy'and her'tenderest nurse'during her final illness. The letters in this volume include on the one hand Charlotte's brief curt note to George Smith on his engagement to Elizabeth Blakeway, and on the other a newly discovered letter describing with cheerful briskness Charlotte's purchase of her own wedding trousseau. Complete texts of letters previously published inaccurately or in part provide valuable insight into her

Author

Margaret Smith. Vol.2, 1848-1851

Publisher

Clarendon; Oxford University Press

Published

2004

Language

EN

ISBN

9780198185970

Subjects

Literary Collections, Literary Fiction, Humanities

Rating

4.35 / 5 (17 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14