The Musée des Lettres et Manuscrits, Paris, purchases at auction a miniature booklet created by author when she was 14.
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Charlotte Brontë manuscript sold for £690,000
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[quote=""LoveHistory""]True, Madeleine but maybe the person(s) who bought it will donate it.[/quote]
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.
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.
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