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Shirley

Author: Charlotte Bront, Charlotte Bronte, Jessica Cox, Lucasta Miller
SKU: 9780141439860

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Struggling manufacturer Robert Moore has introduced labour saving machinery to his Yorkshire mill, arousing a ferment of unemployment and discontent among his workers. Robert considers marriage to the wealthy and independent Shirley Keeldar to solve his financial woes, yet his heart lies with his cousin Caroline, who, bored and desperate, lives as a dependent in her uncle’s home with no prospect of a career. Shirley, meanwhile, is in love with Robert’s brother, an impoverished tutor – a match opposed by her family.

As industrial unrest builds to a potentially fatal pitch, can the four be reconciled? Set during the Napoleonic wars at a time of national economic struggles, Shirley (1849) is an unsentimental, yet passionate depiction of conflict between classes, sexes and generations.

  • Classifications: Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
  • Readership:General (US: Trade)
  • Format: Paperback softback 704 pages

ISBN : 9780141439860

Published : 29 Jun 2006

Author : Charlotte Bront, Charlotte Bronte, Jessica Cox, Lucasta Miller

Main Material : Paperback softback

Publisher : Penguin Books Ltd

Size : 197 x 129 x 32 (mm)

Weight : 486g

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