Shirley / Charlotte Brontë ; edited by Herbert Rosengarten and Margaret Smith ; with an introduction and notes by Margaret Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855.

Contributor:

Rosengarten, Herbert.

Smith, Margaret, 1931-

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

Oxford world's classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Textile industry--Fiction.

Textile industry.

Yorkshire (England)--Fiction.

Yorkshire (England).

Women--England--Fiction.

Women.

England.

England--Yorkshire.

Genre:

Fiction.

Historical fiction.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xxxiv, 684 pages ; 20 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

Summary:

Following the dramatic romance of Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte intended Shirley to be a 'salutary' change. Set in Yorkshire during the period of the Napoleonic Wars, the novel articulates the social realities of economic hardship, the Luddite riots, dissatisfaction with the government and an inadequate Church. In the foreground of these concerns, a mill-owner, Robert Moore, in pursuit of financial security, ignores the suffering of his workers to such an extent that an attempt is made on his life. At the same time he affects the lives of two women--the shy Caroline Helstone, who lives in the oppressive atmosphere of her uncle's rectory, and who loves him, and the wealthy, vivacious Shirley, who contemptuously rejects his self-seeking offer of marriage. In her portrayal of the personalities of these two young women, Charlotte Bronte displays the sensitive perception of one of the greatest writes in English literature.

Contents:

Introduction

Abbreviations used in this eEdition

Note on the text

Select Bibliography

Chronology

Shirley

Explanatory notes.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages xxx-xxxii).

ISBN:

0192833782

9780192833785

OCLC:

39536879