{"product_id":"shirley-paperback","title":"Shirley - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharlotte Brontë\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJessica Cox\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eLucasta Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA passionate but unsentimental depiction of conflict between classes, sexes and generations\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStruggling 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePenguin Classics is the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world, representing a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing the tremendous popular success of Jane Eyre, which earned her lifelong notoriety as a moral revolutionary, Charlotte Bronte vowed to write a sweeping social chronicle that focused on \"something real and unromantic as Monday morning\". Set in the industrializing England of the Napoleonic wars and Luddite revolts of 1811-12, Shirley (1849) is the story of two contrasting heroines. One is the shy Caroline Helstone, who is trapped in the oppressive atmosphere of a Yorkshire rectory and whose bare life symbolizes the plight of single women in the nineteenth century. The other is the vivacious Shirley Keeldar, who inherits a local estate and whose wealth liberates her from convention. A work that combines social commentary with the more private preoccupations of Jane Eyre, Shirley demonstrates the full range of Bronte's literary talent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharlotte Bronte\u003c\/b\u003e (1816-1855), English writer noted for her novel Jane Eyre (1847), sister of Anne Bronte and Emily Bronte. The three sisters are almost as famous for their short, tragic lives as for their novels. The collection of poems, \u003ci\u003ePoems By Currer, Ellis And Acton Bell\u003c\/i\u003e (1846), which Charlotte wrote with her sisters, sold only two copies. Her novel \u003ci\u003eThe Professor\u003c\/i\u003e never found a publisher during her lifetime. Undeterred by this rejection, Charlotte began \u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e, which appeared in 1847 and became an immediate success. \u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e was followed by \u003ci\u003eShirley \u003c\/i\u003e(1848) and \u003ci\u003eVilette \u003c\/i\u003e(1853). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucasta Miller\u003c\/b\u003e read English at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Brontë Myth\u003c\/i\u003e and writes for \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJessica Cox\u003c\/b\u003e is a research student and postgraduate tutorial assistant in the Department of English at the University of Wales Swansea. Her research interests include the sensation fiction of the 1860s, the feminist movement of the nineteenth century and the Victorians in the twentieth century.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 624\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.23 x 8.36 x 4.45 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 26, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44064739393670,"sku":"9780141439860","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0664\/3446\/5926\/files\/8LCBmSxSji9780141439860.webp?v=1781351456","url":"https:\/\/profixdiy.com\/products\/shirley-paperback","provider":"ProFix Home Repair","version":"1.0","type":"link"}