tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074545955842912793.post7354538539907167240..comments2024-03-26T23:35:38.726+01:00Comments on the Brontë Sisters: CHARLOTTE BRONTË made only £500 from her novel, Jane Eyre.Geri Meftah Arthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00596915249757782612noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7074545955842912793.post-13784207200437413982014-07-03T01:35:45.340+02:002014-07-03T01:35:45.340+02:00Somewhere Charlotte is smiling lol Amazing amount...Somewhere Charlotte is smiling lol Amazing amounts<br /><br />What gets me is she only made the same 500 from any of her books... Everyone was shocked when she got 500 for Villette , the same amount she got as an unknown author in 1847. <br /><br />But I believe Mr. Smith was annoyed. Annoyed by the wait for this book and then because he and particularly his mother were used in the book. I can't imagine what it is like to see yourself in print via Charlotte Bronte...who can highlight every wart and failing with genius lol ouch . No wonder Arthur Bell Nicholls was encouraged by his portrait in Shirley ...he got off much easier than most ! <br /><br />But CB was okay with her payment as she said " 500 pounds is not to be despised!" lol Indeed<br />So spoke the woman who had worked for an annual salary of 16 ! Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05033117202223821117noreply@blogger.com