Description: A beautiful boxed set of four Hardcover Classics by the Brontë sisters, including Wuthering Heights, Villette, Jane Eyre, and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall To celebrate the bicentennial of Charlotte Brontë's birth, Penguin Classics presents the Brontë sisters' four greatest works in a boxed set of lavish, clothbound Hardcover Classics editions designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. From the bleak moors of Wuthering Heights to the French boarding school of Villette to the gloomy, mysterious 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. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. 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. Charlotte Bronte (1816-55), sister of Anne Bronte and Emily Bronte. Jane Eyre appeared in 1847 and was followed by Shirley (1848) and Vilette (1853). In 1854 Charlotte Bronte married her father's curate, Arthur Bell Nicholls. She died during her pregnancy on March 31, 1855 in Haworth, Yorkshire.
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EAN: 9780241248768
UPC: 9780241248768
ISBN: 9780241248768
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Book Title: Brontë Sisters Boxed Set Set : Jane Eyre; Wuthering Heights; the Tenant of Wildfell Hall; Villette
Number of Pages: 2288 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Publication Year: 2016
Topic: Classics, Literary
Item Height: 6.7 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Fiction
Item Weight: 106.8 Oz
Author: Charlotte Bronte, Anne Bronte, Emily Bronte
Item Length: 8.3 in
Item Width: 5.6 in
Book Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics Ser.
Format: Merchandise, Other
