Letter: Mary Taylor's 'other book'

From: The Independent (London, England) | Date: May 21, 1996| Author: | Copyright information

Sir: Delighted as one would be to learn of the discovery of a hitherto unknown Bronte novel, I think it cannot be at the expense of depriving Charlotte Bronte's friend, Mary Taylor (1817-1893), of her own rights of authorship ("Miles away from the real Bronte", 20 May).

Miss Miles was published in 1890, probably at Taylor's own expense. We have references in her letters to Bronte to two books she was working on, a novel and "my other book". In 1852 she described her novel as "full of music, poverty, disputing, politics, and original views of life", a description which corresponds to the novel ...

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