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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.
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Herbert Rosengarten, Executive Director and Professor, University of British Columbia.
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OF late years, an abundant shower of curates has fallen upon the north of England: they lie very thick on the hills; every parish has one or more of them; they are young enough to be very active, and ought to be doing a great deal of good. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miss Keeldar, Miss Helstone, Miss Ainley, Joe Scott, Miss Mann, Sir Philip, Robert Moore, Louis Moore, Caroline Helstone, Sam Wynne, Miss Moore, Miss Caroline, Misses Sykes, Gérard Moore, Shirley Keeldar, Cyril Hall, Peter Augustus, Lord Wellington, Miss Shirley, Hortense Moore, Matthewson Helstone, William Farren, Nunnely Common, Hiram Yorke, The First Blue-Stocking Browse Sample Pages:
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OF late years, an abundant shower of curates has fallen upon the north of England: they lie very thick on the hills; every parish has one or more of them; they are young enough to be very active, and ought to be doing a great deal of good. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Miss Keeldar, Miss Helstone, Miss Ainley, Joe Scott, Miss Mann, Sir Philip, Robert Moore, Louis Moore, Caroline Helstone, Sam Wynne, Miss Moore, Miss Caroline, Misses Sykes, Gérard Moore, Shirley Keeldar, Cyril Hall, Peter Augustus, Lord Wellington, Miss Shirley, Hortense Moore, Matthewson Helstone, William Farren, Nunnely Common, Hiram Yorke, The First Blue-Stocking Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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