by Charlotte Brontë · Wordsworth Editions Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781853260643
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«Shirley» is the novel by Charlotte Brontë, published by Wordsworth Editions Ltd in paperback (528 pages, in English).
In the Yorkshire of the Napoleonic Wars and the Luddite uprisings, the novel contrasts Shirley Keeldar, a woman of independent means, with her friend Caroline, who lacks such resources. Their lives intertwine with the Moore brothers, a textile manufacturer and a tutor, in an atmosphere of social tension and economic crisis, and with two love stories.
The novel belongs to the Wordsworth Classics collection, includes an introduction and notes by Sally Minogue, and presents the complete text.
For readers of Victorian fiction and English classics interested in the female condition and industrial England.
Charlotte Nicholls, commonly known by her maiden name Charlotte Brontë, was an English novelist and poet, and was the elder sister of Emily, Anne and Branwell Brontë. She is best known for her novel Jane Eyre, which was first published under the pseudonym Currer Bell. Jane Eyre was a great success on publication, and has since been acknowledged as a classic of English literature.
