Transcriber's note This e-book has been transcribed from the author's hand-written manuscript, downloaded from the British Library. The original text and the pagination have both been retained. For the reader's convenience an edited version follows, where punctuation, capitalisation and spelling have been normalised. The following changes have been made to both the original and the edited version: Leaf numbers, as they appear in the original, are shown in [brackets]. The name "ODonell" was changed to "O'Donell". Ampersand (&) was changed to "and". [1] The Search after Happiness A Tale by C Bronte August the seventeenth 1829 [2] THE SEARCH AFTER HAPINESS A TALE BY CHARLOTTE BRONTE PRINTED BY HERSELF AND SOLD BY NOBODY &ct &ct AUGUST THE SEVENTEENTH EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND on Twenty nine Preface The persons meant by the Chief of the city and his Sons are the Duke of Wellington the Marquis of Duro and Lord Wellesly the city is the Glass town Henry O'Donell and Alexander Delancy are Captain Tarry-not-at-home and Monsieur Like-to-live-in-lonely-places Charlotte Bronte August the 17 1829 [3] A TALE BY CB July 28 1829 The search after happiness chapter I