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by: Charlotte Brontë
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.8
EAN: 9780141439860
ISBN: 0141439866
Label: Penguin Classics
Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 624
Publication Date: September 26, 2006
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Sales Rank: 178083
Studio: Penguin Classics
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Set during the Napoleonic wars at a time of national economic struggles, Shirley is an unsentimental yet passionate depiction of conflict among classes, sexes, and generations. Struggling manufacturer Robert Moore considers marriage to the wealthy and independent Shirley Keeldar, yet his heart lies with his cousin Caroline. Shirley, meanwhile, is in love with Robert’s brother, an impoverished tutor. As industrial unrest builds to a potentially fatal pitch, can the four be reconciled?
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Rating:  - Fabulous Read...if you like George Eliot's books you'll love this.
O.k. So, this isn't a perfectly constructed book. During the writing of this novel, Charlotte Bronte had her entire family dying around her so I can hardly blame her for different parts of the book having different tones. DONT LET THE FIRST CHAPTERS PUT YOU OFF! They're a little dry --> but it flourishes as it bounds along.
The main oddity to the novel is the fact that the people that are set up in the very beginning, are not alluded to again [e.g. the vicars], and the people that we ... Read More
Rating: - Shirley is not as good as Jane Austen or Jane Eyre but is still a good book
Charlotte Bronte's condition of England novel "Shirley" wa published following her big literary hit "Jane Eyre." The novel has always had mixed reviews and is slow moving and episodic in content.
The first part of the novel deals with the budding love between Caroline Helstone and Robert Moore. Caroline is the niece of a sober minded clergyman the Rev. Helstone. During the course of the tale she learns that Shirley's lady maid Mrs. Pryor is her mother. Caroline is painted in colors much ... Read More
Rating: - A very engaging read!
I loved this book, though admittedly it reads a bit like a rough draft with several stories which are not very well integrated. In the introduction, Bronte claims Shirley is anything but a romance, and indeed the first few chapters are so dry (focusing on the very minor and not very interesting characters of the vicars and other religious personnel) that one needs patience to continue reading.
Indeed this is understandable given that Charlotte's beloved sisters Anne and Emily and her ... Read More
Rating:  - Probably not Ms. Bronte's objective....
At the beginning of Shirley, Ms. Bronte addressess the reader by telling him/her not to expect a romantic tale. After the first couple of chapters, which give a general idea of the community, Bronte focuses on the two main love interests. She addresses serious concerns about the Luddite Riots and flaws in religious organization, but I see the novel as ultimately, a romance. Less Cinderella-esque than Jane Eyre, but still about self-denial and facing reality. The book has two heroines- Shirley is ... Read More
Rating: - A Very Slow Read: 5 Stars With Reservations
This is an interesting novel but it is not a good purchase for the general reader. The Penguin version has a good introduction by Lucasta Miller with a number of interesting bits of information and notes on the novel and the Bronte sisters in general.
This novel was published in 1849 and it follows "Jane Eyre" in 1847. Readers will be very disappointed if they expect to find a similar book to "Jane Eyre" since the book is not a compelling read. The book is good, but it is very diffuse with ... Read More
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