Charlotte Brontë manuscript sold for £690,000

[annis]

The Musée des Lettres et Manuscrits, Paris, purchases at auction a miniature booklet created by author when she was 14.

Story here:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/dec/15/charlotte-bronte-manuscript-paris-museum?newsfeed=true

[Madeleine]

Yes, it's a shame the Bronte Museum didn't get it.

[LoveHistory]

True, Madeleine but maybe the person(s) who bought it will donate it.

[SGM]

True, Madeleine but maybe the person(s) who bought it will donate it.

Hmm -- I am not sure that a museum in Paris will want to donate the article to a museum in Yorkshire.

I remember Neil Oliver in a French museum viewing the first known document to refer to Scotland rather than Pictland c. 1000 (slighIy earlier than that but I can't remember the exact date) and asking the curator if there was any chance of it returning to Scotland -- the answer was a very clear Non.

I think from that you can get a realistic idea of the Bronte Museum's chances.

[Divia]

How does one write in something so small! :eek:

[LoveHistory]

How does one write in something so small! :eek:

My husband has a cousin whose writing is so small it's almost hard to read. I don't know how they do it, but apparently it can be done. Saves paper, I imagine.

[LoobyG]

Thanks for posting Annis, it is a big shame the Bronte museum weren't successful :( What a beautiful little booklet.