Letter by Charlotte Brontë sold for over £11,000

The BBC News reports the outcome of yesterday's auction of a letter written by Charlotte Brontë at Bonhams:

A letter written by Charlotte Brontë to an aspiring author has sold for £11,250 at an auction in London.
The three-page letter was written in 1852 to a Miss Holmes, who had sent the novelist a copy of a manuscript she had written.
In the letter, Ms Brontë talks about her experiences of working as a governess and how it inspired her most famous work Jane Eyre.
Auctioneers Bonhams said the letter was bought by a UK buyer.
Simon Roberts, manuscript expert at the auctioneers, said the letter has been in the hands of a private collector for a number of years.
He said: "Anything written by Charlotte Brontë is an event, and it's a letter that hasn't been seen for many, many years.
"To have a chance to own anything by any of them is always an event."

We are hoping the UK buyer turns out to be the Brontë Society or someone very generous and willing to return it home. EDIT: we now have confirmation that the UK buyer was actually the Brontë Society so the letter will be going back home.

The previous item is about over £11,000 paid for a letter handwritten by a mere 'chick-lit' author, at least according to KSL:

Often referred to as “romance novels,” “chick-lit,” or “girly books,” the popularity of women’s literature has reached a fever pitch. With a healthy blend of old authors (Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë) and new authors (Stephenie Meyer), it’s hard for anyone — readers and publishers alike — to ignore the craze. But some wonder if there is any negative side effects that come with the territory.
“Some aspects of a good romance novel is fast-paced action, humor, some slight heart tugging, overcoming odds, steamy scenes and a powerful heroine,” says a top-reviewer at goodreads.com, a social networking book-review website that boasts more than 5.2 million members. (Alex Hairston)

We wonder if the anonymous reviewer knew his/her words would be used to describe Charlotte Brontë's novels for instance. Many of those aspect certainly don't apply.

The Daily Thompson discusses Jane Eyre (making very valid points regarding the not-chick-lit stance) while *malins bokblogg* posts in Swedish about the Classical Comics adaptation and Bookshelves of Doom focuses on the 2011 screen adaptation. Une vie à lire discusses Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea in French. Here Comes the Sun posts about Wuthering Heights.