London ( CNN ) -- A tiny handwritten and unpublished manuscript by `` Jane Eyre '' author Charlotte Bronte has sold for $ 1.07m after it sparked a fierce bidding war between rival museums . The second issue of Bronte 's `` Young Men 's Magazine '' -- written in 1830 when she was just 14 -- smashed pre-sale estimates of $ 310,000 to $ 465,000 , and set a record for manuscripts by the Bronte sisters . It contains three stories , written in Bronte 's tiny , cramped hand , one of which is said to prefigure the story of Bertha , Mr. Rochester 's insane wife in `` Jane Eyre . '' It was bought by the Musee des Lettres et Manuscrits in Paris , where it will go on display in January . The Bronte Parsonage Museum , in the family 's hometown of Haworth , Yorkshire , had earlier launched an appeal to raise money to allow them to buy it , but were outbid in the sale at Sotheby 's in London . Philip Errington , director of the auction house 's books and manuscripts department , said the Bronte item was `` of huge literary significance . '' `` The record price set today reflects the international interest in Charlotte BrontÃ « 's work . `` This tiny manuscript represents her first burst of creativity and provides a rare and intimate insight into one of history 's great literary minds . '' The Bronte Parsonage Museum already owns four of the six manuscripts in the `` Young Men 's Magazine '' series . The whereabouts of the sixth magazine are unknown . Charlotte Bronte ( 1816-1855 ) and her sisters Emily ( 1818-1848 ) and Anne ( 1820-1849 ) wrote some of the best-loved novels in the English language , including `` Jane Eyre , '' `` Wuthering Heights '' and `` The Tenant of Wildfell Hall . ''
Parisian museum wins bidding war for unpublished Charlotte Bronte manuscript . Charlotte Bronte 's `` Young Men 's Magazine '' was written in 1820-1849 when she was just One . Experts say miniature manuscript is `` of huge literary significance '' 14 of the stories it contains is said to prefigure a key scene in `` Young Men 's Magazine ''