{"product_id":"1887-rare-book-wuthering-heights-by-emily-bronte-writing-as-ellis-bell","title":"1887 Rare Book - Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, writing as Ellis Bell","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"270\" data-end=\"1746\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"270\" data-end=\"281\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eEmily Brontë\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, writing as Ellis Bell; and \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eAnne Brontë\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, writing as Acton Bell. With a biographical notice by \u003cspan class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"whitespace-normal\"\u003eCharlotte Brontë\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e (Currer Bell).\u003cbr data-start=\"524\" data-end=\"527\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"527\" data-end=\"537\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem data-start=\"538\" data-end=\"573\"\u003eWuthering Heights; and Agnes Grey\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr data-start=\"574\" data-end=\"577\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"577\" data-end=\"591\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e London, W. Nicholson \u0026amp; Sons, 26 Paternoster Square, E.C., and Albion Works, Wakefield, circa 1887.\u003cbr data-start=\"694\" data-end=\"697\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"697\" data-end=\"710\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Text in English.\u003cbr data-start=\"727\" data-end=\"730\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"730\" data-end=\"739\"\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 7.5 x 5 inches. \u003cbr data-start=\"763\" data-end=\"766\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"766\" data-end=\"776\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 388 pages + publisher's catalogue.\u003cbr data-start=\"844\" data-end=\"847\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"847\" data-end=\"859\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good original publisher’s green cloth, pictorially blocked in dark-green-black on the upper cover with an Arts \u0026amp; Crafts–influenced symmetrical design, the title and author gilt-stamped. Spine lettered and decorated in gilt (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown, sunning and fading to the spine, as shown, with lighter wear to extremities - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover.  \u003cbr data-start=\"1240\" data-end=\"1243\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1243\" data-end=\"1255\"\u003eContent:\u003c\/strong\u003e Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1434\" data-end=\"1452\"\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/strong\u003e Complete with the frontispiece illustration and the title vignette.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"1604\" data-end=\"1607\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1748\" data-end=\"1761\"\u003eEstimate:\u003c\/strong\u003e (USD 350–500).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1778\" data-end=\"2396\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1778\" data-end=\"1791\"\u003eThe book: \u003c\/strong\u003eThis late nineteenth-century Victorian edition brings together \u003cem data-start=\"1857\" data-end=\"1876\"\u003eWuthering Heights\u003c\/em\u003e by Ellis Bell (Emily Brontë) and \u003cem data-start=\"1910\" data-end=\"1922\"\u003eAgnes Grey\u003c\/em\u003e by Acton Bell (Anne Brontë), accompanied by a biographical notice by Currer Bell (Charlotte Brontë). Issued for a broad reading public at a time when the Brontë novels had become firmly established as classics, the volume balances accessibility with decorative ambition. The bold pictorial cloth binding reflects the era’s taste for expressive cover design, while the inclusion of both novels preserves the original association of the Brontë sisters’ first published works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2398\" data-end=\"2985\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2398\" data-end=\"2414\"\u003eThe authors: \u003c\/strong\u003eEmily Brontë (1818–1848) created in \u003cem data-start=\"2453\" data-end=\"2472\"\u003eWuthering Heights\u003c\/em\u003e one of the most powerful and unconventional novels of the nineteenth century, a work of elemental passion, psychological depth, and stark landscape imagery. Anne Brontë (1820–1849), often more restrained but equally incisive, explored moral integrity and social constraint in \u003cem data-start=\"2749\" data-end=\"2761\"\u003eAgnes Grey\u003c\/em\u003e. Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855), writing here as Currer Bell, shaped the early reception of her sisters’ work through her biographical notice, offering readers a rare contemporary perspective on their lives and literary aims.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"2987\" data-end=\"3372\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"2987\" data-end=\"3003\"\u003eThe edition: \u003c\/strong\u003eNicholson’s Victorian reissues played a significant role in sustaining the popularity of the Brontës into the late nineteenth century. Copies such as this one, retaining the original cloth and publisher’s catalogue, are increasingly sought after for their combination of literary importance, period illustration, and characteristic Victorian book design.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MFLIBRA - Antique Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47273318613241,"sku":null,"price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0953\/3348\/files\/20260120Wuthering-000.jpg?v=1768955535","url":"https:\/\/mflibra.com\/products\/1887-rare-book-wuthering-heights-by-emily-bronte-writing-as-ellis-bell","provider":"MFLIBRA - Antique Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}