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A Book of Ryhmes by Charlotte Brontë

Hardcover – Tartarus Press – Apr 2025 – 105 pages

With an Introduction by Patti Smith and essays by Barbara Heritage and Henry Wessells

Published in association with the Brontë Society

Charlotte Brontë wrote her miniature book of poems, A Book of Ryhmes, in 1829, when she was aged only thirteen. Dated 17th December 1829, the hand-stitched book is one of the famous miniature books produced by the Brontës in childhood.

A Book of Ryhmes (the word rhymes is misspelt) was for many years thought to be lost, but in April 2022 it was announced as for sale at the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair. It was sold to the Friends of the National Libraries for $1.25 million, and has since been donated to the Brontë Parsonage Museum, which holds the world’s largest collection of Brontë manuscripts.

This first ever publication of A Book of Ryhmes reproduces the original handwritten pages in facsimile at their original size, as well as enlarged, alongside a transcription of the poems.