The manuscript, which now resides in the British Library (Add MS 43479), includes numerous excisions to its 896 leaves. Readers both in England and abroad were eager to read the next work by “Currer Bell”, whose first published novel, Jane Eyre (1847), had proved surprisingly popular. His firm, Smith, Elder and Co., had been anxiously awaiting the completion of the book for nearly a year. On 8 September 1849, James Taylor traveled from London to Haworth, Yorkshire, to collect the manuscript of Charlotte Brontë’s novel, Shirley, for publication. Barbara Heritage is Associate Director and Curator of Collections for Rare Book School at the University of Virginia. In this talk for the series “The Research Group Speaks,” Barbara Heritage will consider the material evidence of Charlotte Brontë’s fair-copy manuscript for “Shirley” (1849). Saturday Feb 18, 12:00-1:30pm Eastern Time Sponsored by The Research Group on Manuscript Evidence
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