The Brontë Sisters in the Blavatnik Honresfield Library

Last year, one of the most significant literary collections in the UK’s history was purchased for the nation by the Friends of the National Libraries.

The Blavatnik Honresfield Library contains important manuscripts and rare editions of works by Jane Austen, Robert Burns, Sir Walter Scott and the Brontë siblings. For the first time in almost a century, these works are now accessible to the public, having been distributed to cultural institutions across the UK.

We’ve been entrusted with an astonishing set of manuscripts and printed books by the Brontë sisters. Watch this video to learn more, including items also being cared for by the Brontë Parsonage Museum and the Brotherton Library.

[johnburman]

Has anyone researched the connection between consumption TB and creativity. The Brontes must have known they would not reach a middle age. Then there is D H Lawrence, R L Stevenson, many others.