Shirley by Charlotte Brontë
“Love is real--the most real, the most lasting, the sweetest and yet the bitterest thing we know.” Shirley, 1849
Charlotte Brontë's 'Shirley' tells the story of two contrasting heroines - wealthy, independent Shirley Keeldar and poor, timid Caroline Helston. Struggling manufacturer Robert Moore has introduced labour saving machinery to his Yorkshire mill, arousing a ferment of unemployment and discontent among his workers, while he considers marriage to Shirley in order to solve his financial woes his heart lies with his cousin Caroline. Shirley, meanwhile, is in love with Robert's brother, an impoverished tutor - a match opposed by her family. he book explores themes of social change, women's roles, and class conflict. Set against the background of the Napoleonic Wars and the Industrial revolution in England, this novel explores themes of social change, women's roles, and class conflict.
This is a Wordsworth Classics paperback 1993.
528 pages.
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