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Author:

Lutz, Deborah.

Title:

The Brontë cabinet : three lives in nine objects / Deborah Lutz.

Edition:

First edition.

Publisher:

W. W. Norton & Company,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

310 pages, [8] unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, facsimiles ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Brontë, Charlotte,--1816-1855.
Brontë, Emily,--1818-1848.
Brontë, Anne,--1820-1849.
Women authors, English--19th century--Biography.
Sisters--Yorkshire--Yorkshire--Biography.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:

Tiny books -- Pillopatate -- Out walking -- Keeper, Grasper, and other family animals -- Fugitive letters -- The alchemy of desks -- Death made material -- Memory albums -- Migrant relics.

Summary:

Various possessions of the Brontë sisters help paint a picture of their world and their daily lives, including Charlotte's writing desk, which contained manuscripts and Emily's dog's collar, and Charlotte's bracelet, which contained the intertwined hairs of her departed sisters.

ISBN:

0393240088 (hardcover)
9780393240085 (hardcover)

LCCN:

2014046935

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)