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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins The Limited
ISBN-100007449895
ISBN-139780007449897
eBay Product ID (ePID)6071938070
Product Key Features
Book TitleShirley (Collins Classics)
Number of Pages720 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicClassics, War & Military, Literary, Historical
Publication Year2012
GenreFiction
AuthorCharlotte Brontë
Book SeriesCollins Classics Ser.
FormatUk- a Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.6 in
Item Weight13.4 Oz
Item Length7 in
Item Width4.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal823.8
SynopsisHarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics. 'Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the state of things within as on the state of things without and around us.' Considered one of her less well-known novels, Shirley is Charlotte Brontë's only historical work, set during the Napoleonic Wars. Wealthy and independent, Shirley is very different from her friend Caroline, who has few prospects and is dependent on her uncle. Struggling mill owner Robert Moore considers marriage to the monied Shirley in order to secure his financial future; however, it is Caroline who he loves, while Shirley has fallen for Robert's brother, an impoverished tutor who is deemed an unsuitable match for her. Unsentimental, yet unflinching in her honest portrayal of love, class conflict and identity, Brontë uses the backdrop of her beloved Yorkshire to play out the tensions and dramas of a society facing social and industrial upheaval., Set in Yorkshire during the period of the Napoleonic Wars, this novel articulates the social realities of economic hardship, the Luddite riots, dissatisfaction with the government and an inadequate Church.
LC Classification NumberPR4167.S52 2012
