Charlotte Brontë manuscript sold for £690,000

annis · Post by **annis** » Sun December 18th, 2011, 3:48 am

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/de ... sfeed=true

Madeleine · Post by **Madeleine** » Sun December 18th, 2011, 12:14 pm

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

LoveHistory · Post by **LoveHistory** » Sun December 18th, 2011, 3:26 pm

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

SGM · Post by **SGM** » Sun December 18th, 2011, 3:59 pm

[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.

Divia · Post by **Divia** » Sun December 18th, 2011, 5:15 pm

How does one write in something so small!

LoveHistory · Post by **LoveHistory** » Mon December 19th, 2011, 5:06 pm

[quote=""Divia""]How does one write in something so small!

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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 · Post by **LoobyG** » Tue December 20th, 2011, 2:04 pm

Thanks for posting Annis, it is a big shame the Bronte museum weren't successful

What a beautiful little booklet.