Brontë poem up for sale
A rare poem by 13-year-old Charlotte Brontë is going up for sale.
A rare poem by 13-year-old Charlotte Brontë is going up for sale.
The manuscript of Charlotte Brontë’s poem, "I’ve been wandering in the greenwoods", written when she was just 13, is to be sold on 10 April at auction. It is estimated at £40,000 - 45,000.
The poem is signed C Brontë and dated by her 14 December 1829. It is written on a small slip of paper 3x3 inches in size and cannot be read easily without a magnifying glass
Although Charlotte Brontë wrote around 200 poems, the vast majority of the manuscripts are in institutions. There are perhaps no more than four in private hands, making this poem extremely rare.
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