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Bronte's 1838 novella will see print for first time

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From: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 20030318
Author:Sue Leeman

LONDON--For many years, the kingdom of Angria has been known only to scholars who struggled through a manuscript crammed with tiny spidery writing.

Now, Charlotte Bronte's novella Stancliffe's Hotel, set in a fictional land she and her brother created, will be published for the first time, shedding new light on one of Britain's most famous writers, said Bronte scholar Heather Glen.

"I think it will change the way in which she's still seen, rather patronizingly, as a woman writer who wrote only about her own concerns," said Glen, who teaches at Cambridge University. "It's very humorous and ...

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