| Shirley Contributor(s): Bronte, Charlotte (Author) |
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ISBN: 1533030731 ISBN-13: 9781533030733 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Alternative History - Fiction | Historical - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Lexile Measure: 930 |
| Physical Information: 1.49" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (2.26 lbs) 746 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Adolescence/Coming of Age |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Shirley is an 1849 social novel by the English novelist Charlotte Bront . It was Bront 's second published novel after Jane Eyre (originally published under Bront 's pseudonym Currer Bell). The novel is set in Yorkshire in the period 1811-12, during the industrial depression resulting from the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. The novel is set against a backdrop of the Luddite uprisings in the Yorkshire textile industry. |