Charlotte Bronte"s extraordinary literary talent manifested itself at an early age when she penned a series of imaginative and entertaining tales. Before her untimely death at the age of thirty-eight she had produced the masterpieces Jane Eyre, Shirley and Villette. Jessica Cox"s superb and meticulously researched biography provides a fascinating new interpretation both of Bronte"s celebrated works and of her personal life, notably her - often intense - relationships with her siblings and others around her. The result is a beautifully drawn portrait of the creator of some of the world"s most remarkable novels, which marvellously augments the Hesperus collection of her writings.