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Shirley

By Charlotte Bronte

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Shirley

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Shirley is Charlotte Bront:e e's only historical novel and her most topical one. Written at a time of social unrest, it is set during the period of the Napoleonic Wars, when economic hardship led to riots in the woollen district of Yorkshire. A mill-owner, Robert Moore, is determined to introduce new machinery despite fierce opposition from his workers; he ignores their suffering, and puts his own life at risk .Robert sees marriage to the wealthy Shirley Keeldar as the solution to his difficulties, but he loves his cousin Caroline. She suffers misery and frustration, and Shirley has her own ideas about the man she will choose to marry. The friendship between the two women, and the contrast between their situations, is at the heart of this compelling novel, which is suffused with Bront":'s deep yearning for an earlier time.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
572
Release Date:
2008-07-15
Publication Date:
2008-07-15
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0199540802
ISBN13:
9780199540808
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
423 g
Height:
129 cm
Width:
197 cm
Thickness:
32 cm
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