Claim: The Life of Charlotte Brontëm, which is the posthumous biography of Charlotte Brontë by fellow novelist Elizabeth Gaskell,  was published in 1857 by Smith, Elder & Co. and in 2017, The Guardian named it one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time.
Evidence: The Life of Charlotte Brontë is the posthumous biography of Charlotte Brontë by fellow novelist Elizabeth Gaskell. 1857 Smith, Elder & Co. In 2017, The Guardian named The Life of Charlotte Brontë one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time.