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The Shirley of the title is a woman of independent means; her friend Caroline is not. Both struggle with what a woman's role is and can be. Their male counterparts - Louis, the powerless tutor, and Robert, his cloth-manufacturing brother - also stand at odds to society's expectations. The novel is set in a period of social and political ferment, featuring class disenfranchisement, the drama of Luddite machine-breaking, and the divisive effects of the Napoleonic Wars.
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Shirley, Charlotte Brontë
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- Released
- 1981
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- Title
- Shirley
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Charlotte Brontë
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Released
- 1981
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 768
- ISBN10
- 0192815628
- ISBN13
- 9780192815620
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Love, Family, Women, Classics, Friendship, British Literature, England, Society, 19th century, Great Britain, Fate, Industrialization, Industrial Revolution
- First published
- 1849
- Original title
- Shirley
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
- Description
- The Shirley of the title is a woman of independent means; her friend Caroline is not. Both struggle with what a woman's role is and can be. Their male counterparts - Louis, the powerless tutor, and Robert, his cloth-manufacturing brother - also stand at odds to society's expectations. The novel is set in a period of social and political ferment, featuring class disenfranchisement, the drama of Luddite machine-breaking, and the divisive effects of the Napoleonic Wars.