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THE LIFE

OF

CHARLOTTE BRONTË,

AUTHOR OF

"JANE EYRE," "SHIRLEY," "VILLETTE," &c.

 

BY

E. C. GASKELL,

AUTHOR OF "MARY BARTON," "RUTH," &c,

 

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"Oh my God,
——————Thou hast knowledge, only Thou,
How dreary 'tis for women to sit still
On winter nights by solitary fires
And hear the nations praising them far off."
Aurora Leigh.

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IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

 

LONDON:

SMITH, ELDER & CO., 65, CORNHILL.

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1857.

[The right of Translation is reserved.]