Charlotte Brontë manuscript material

Collection Data

Description
Holograph short story, "The adventures of Ernest Alembert" : 25 May 1830 : (MISC 0187) : 16 p.; stitched within brown paper covers marked in Brontë's juvenile hand, "The Adventures of Ernest / Alembert a Tale by C / Brontë May 25 1830"; begins, "Many Years ago there lived in a certain country, A youth named Ernest Alembert. He came of an ancient noble race ..." With the bookplate of H. Buxton Forman.
Names
Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 (Creator)
Forman, H. Buxton (Harry Buxton), 1842-1917 (Former owner)
Nussey, Ellen (Addressee)
Williams, William Smith, 1800-1875 (Addressee)
Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1830 - 1854
Library locations
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: Pforz MS
Topics
Novelists, English -- 19th century
Genres
Manuscripts
Short stories
Correspondence
Notes
Biographical/historical: Charlotte Brontë, English novelist.
Physical Description
Extent: 7 items
Type of Resource
Text
Identifiers
Other local Identifier: Pforz MS
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15560649
MSS Unit ID: 19354
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): dd98d8b0-da05-013a-665b-0242ac110002
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