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Shirley

Name: Shirley
Author: Charlotte Brontë
ISBN: 9788866611622

by Charlotte Brontë

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Overview

Shirley Keeldar is an orphaned heiress to a fortune, a headstrong, independent and determined young woman.
The novel is set in Yorkshire during the industrial depression. The major themes are the explicit historical theme of industrial unrest in early nineteenth century Britain; and the implicit theme of the role of women in society.
Shirley is a landowner, an independent heiress whose parents are dead and who lives with Mrs. Pryor, an old governess. Shirley is lively, cheerful and full of ideas about how to use her money, how to help people and very interested in business concerns.

About the Author, Charlotte Brontë

Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855) is the author of Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette, and The Professor (published posthumously).
Jessica Cox is a research student and postgraduate tutorial assistant in the Department of English at the University of Wales, Swansea.
Lucasta Miller is the author of The Brontë Myth and writes for the Guardian.
Heather Glen teaches at the University of Cambridge and is the editor of the Penguin Classics edition of Charlotte Brontë's The Professor.