Spark (Muriel) and Derek Stanford. Emily Brontë:
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her life and work
London, Peter Owen, 1953.
First edition, first impression. 8vo. Original brown cloth. Dust-jacket, priced 18s.
A biographical study of Emily Brontë co-authored by writer Muriel Spark, well-known for her novel The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961). The work examines Brontë’s life, influences and literary output, with reference to her key writings.
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Internally very good; a sharp copy; jacket slightly tanned at spine, a little minor marking and rubbing to extremities, but really a very good example.
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