The Story of Willie Ellin - An Unfinished Novel by Charlotte Brontë in Brontë Society Transactions 1936 Part XLVI No 1 Volume IX
Brontë, Charlotte
Publication Date
1936
Publisher
Brontë Society Publications
Binding
Paperback
Condition
Good+, sound copy
SKU
23285
Notes
Externally a little darkened and slight dust marked. Internally clean text and tight binding. Spine is in very good condition, which is often not the case in early editions of Transactions.
Description
Paperback. 74pp. Contains the five surviving fragments of Charlotte Brontë’s tale Willie Elinn. The story and introduction covers about 20 pages of the periodical the rest being articles and society business. This edition of the Brontë society transactions was the first publication of part IV of the five parts so this is the first publication of all five parts together. In style and atmosphere the story echoes the architecturally dominated Wuthering Heights and early parts of Jane Eyre in its combing a Gothic atmosphere and the contrasting material considerations of ownership. “Who am I? Was I owner of the house? No. Was I its resident tenant, taking it perhaps on lease, and paying the rent? No. Was I a child of the family? No. A servant? No. Ask me no more questions for they are difficult to meet. I was there, and it was my house.” The reader is reminded of how these elements were picked up by Daphne Du Maurier in Rebecca. Frontis facsimile of the Willie Ellin manuscript. Also includes a piece on Sir James Roberts and Lady Roberts who who bought the parsonage for the museum, as well as other articles including a study fo the structure of Haworth Parsonage.
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