The Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn 1810-1865 creator text utu 1999 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "The Life of Charlotte Brontë — Volume 1" by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell is a biography published in 1857. Drawing on personal friendship, letters, and firsthand testimonies, Gaskell crafted an intimate portrait of the celebrated novelist that sparked immediate controversy. Complaints of slander forced the publisher to withdraw the first edition and issue censored versions within months. Despite its contested accuracy, this groundbreaking work transformed biographical writing, inspired enduring literary tourism to Yorkshire, and elevated the Brontë family to lasting cultural prominence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Life_of_Charlotte_Bront%C3%AB Release date is 1999-07-01 Transcribed from the 1906 Smith, Elder, and Co. edition by David Price Original publication data not identified Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 Novelists, English -- 19th century -- Biography PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1827 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1827 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133050.0 1827