A 14-Year-Old Charlotte Brontë Made This Tiny Book for Toy Soldiers to Read in 1830.The Young M

A 14-Year-Old Charlotte Brontë Made This Tiny Book for Toy Soldiers to Read in 1830.

The Young Men’s Magazine, one of six miniature, handmade books that she made with her brother Branwell when she was 14 years old in 1830, was recently purchased at auction by the Brontë Parsonage Museum, based in Charlotte’s hometown.

Charlotte, Branwell, and their two younger sisters Emily and Anne conjured a fictitious place they called Glass Town, situated in West Africa; Young Men’s Magazine and the other miniatures document this town. Written for a very particular audience (Branwell’s toy soldiers), the book is dramatic and intense. One scene apparently features a killer haunted by his victims to the point of insanity, causing an “immense fire” in his head to literally manifest, burning his bed curtains.

What a Combination of my interests!! Zines, Toy Soldiers and Charlotte Bronte!!