Shirley
Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-18551993
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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.
Main title:
Shirley / Charlotte Bronte with an introduction by Sally Minogue.
Edition:
New edition with introduction and notes.
Imprint:
Hertfordshire : Wordsworth , 1993.
Collation:
494 pages ; 20 cm.
Series title:
ISBN:
9781853260643 (pbk)
Dewey class:
CL
Local class:
FT PBKSF/BRO
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
227918