About this title: This 1859 novel, set during the Luddite riots, is centered on the character of Robert Moore, a mill-owner who, despite the outrage of his workers, introduces new machinery at his mill--an act that ends in violence. In an effort to recoup his losses, Moore courts Shirley Keeldar, an heiress, despite his love for his cousin Caroline, who is poor but who returns his feeling. Shirley, however, is not to be bought; she secretly loves Moore's impoverished brother, Louis, the family tutor. SHIRLEY is Charlotte Brontė's only overt work of social criticism, a protest against both the insensitivity of ...
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Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-library. Nice soft cover, lightly read, some shelf wear & aging to cover, light creases on spine, library stamps & stickers, yellowing to pages, stk #2213p9. 576 p. read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780192833785ISBN:0192833782
Description: Good. 0192833782 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780199297160ISBN:0199297169
Description: Fine. New books small to none shelf wear An appparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact pages are clean and not marked by notes or folds of any kind. This is suitable for presenting as a gift. Return Policy Any defects, damages, or material differences with your item, must be reported to us within 7 days of receipt of the item or 30 days from date of shipment. The returned merchandise must be postmarked within 30 days of the shipment notification. Non-deliveries must be ... read more
Description: Very Good. 2007, Paperback. Used-Very Good All of our Oxford World Classics are previously unread with no underlining or highlighting. They may contain remainder marks or minimal shelf wear. Hall Street Books Proudly ships all books from Brooklyn, NY. All orders are processed and shipped within 24 hours M-F. 100% Money-Back Guarantee and No-Worry return policy. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9781853260643ISBN:1853260649
Description: Very Good. SLIGHT COVER WEAR WITH MINOR SCUFFING TO EDGES GoodwillnyBooks is committed to providing each customer with the highest standard of customer service. You may return new items within 30 days of delivery for a full refund. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Eagle Books
Date Published: 1965
Description: Good. 125-37. Creased spine, wear to edges; pages tanned; very thick paperback; solid reading copy. No date. Cover says "For the first time in paperback-Charlotte Bronte's great, lost masterpiece, a book to stand beside her immortal sister's Wuthering Heights" Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Inventory No: 058839. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Date Published: 1998-04-01
ISBN-13:9781853260643ISBN:1853260649
Description: Good. Cover shows some shelf wear or creases. No highlighting or underlining. Pages yellowed / tanned. You're gonna love this book! read more
Edition: 8th Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Don Mills, ON, Canada
Date Published: 1998
ISBN-13:9780192833785ISBN:0192833782
Description: Good. No Dust Jacket as Issued. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book shows moderate wear/ spine tight/ covers creased; moderate edge wear/ corners, spine hinge and spine creased/ several pages and page tips creased/ several pages have underlining and margin notes. read more
"At first I really enjoyed this book, with its description of a changing society and how that affected everyone in it. It's England during the Napoleonic wars, and the industrial revolution is changing the industry, in this case the textile mills, and leaving a lot of people poor and unemployed. There's a lot of unrest and Charlotte Brontë shows the different people that are involved, the mill owner, Robert Moore, his workers or former workers, and the people around them. The two main characters in the book are Caroline Helstone, Robert Moore's cousin, and Shirley Keeldar, heiress and owner of the land Moore's mill stands on. Brontë shows us the women's role in society, and lets both the married women and the spinsters show us how confined that role is and how the men decide the rules. The characters feels very real, and the society and the changes it faces are well described, and the book takes its time showing us how everyone interacts and forms a community. I especially like the friendship between Caroline and Shirley.
Then, about two-thirds in, Brontë introduces Louis Moore, Robert's brother, who is a tutor to a cousin of Shirley's and was a couple years earlier Shirley's tutor as well, and my enjoyment of the book was diminished. We learn that he is in love with Shirley, but refuses to show it to her because she is rich and he isn't, which is understandable, but he creeped me out. Shirley is shown as an independent young woman with a temper and imagination, and Louis enjoys making her act as a pupil and a penitent, and likes it when she is angry or proud because then he can control her and feel that he has the advantage of her. In the end, when they get married, Shirley is described as having been captured and fettered. Since she is in love with him this is supposed to be a happy ending, but despite liking the rest of the book and enjoying the rest of the characters, I was left with a bad taste in my mouth by that relationship."
"I chose to read this book because I have enjoyed previous Bronté books. I found this one strange because the first half of the book goes by before the main character is introduced. I was also annoyed by the author's butting in during the telling of the story. Either it is a first person told story or it isn't. The characters were all well drawn and I was interested in what happened to them. Sometimes I found the emotions over explained. I relearned from this book what I have long ago learned from other books - "if you have something to say to someone say it plain out. Let people know clearly what you mean, otherwise misunderstandings will occur.""
"Shirley is Charlotte Brontë's only historical novel and in that her most topical one. Written at a time of social unrest, it is set during the period of the Napoleonic Wars, when economic hardship led to riots in the woollen district of Yorkshire. A mill-owner, Robert Moore, is determined to introduce new machinery despite fierce opposition from his workers; he ignores their suffering, and puts his own life at risk. Robert sees marriage to the wealthy Shirley Keeldar as the solution to his difficulties, but he loves his cousin Caroline. She suffers misery and frustration, and Shirley has her own ideas about the man she will choose to marry. The friendship between the two women, and the contrast between their situations, is at the heart of this compelling novel, which is suffused with Brontë's deep yearning for an earlier time.e as a governess; her longing for a better past. Shirley is not Charlotte Bronte's best book in the sense that it is less compulsively readable than Jane Eyre. Perhaps this is because it seems to be constructed to make certain social statements, in the mode of Dickens, rather than written with a more singular focus on the romantic aspects of the plot. She does, however, express herself with great beauty in certain passages and demonstrates her character: her conviction that women might be as well qualified as men to practice a profession (which sets her apart from most of her own contemporaries); her contempt for the market of marriage; and her experience. The book is worth reading and for some readers may resonate more positively than it did for me."
"It was very good. At least pour moi. Jane Eyre is still the best but this had many of its own very lovely moments. Charlotte Brontë is such a tease with her writing though because she keeps leaving things at the end of chapters like something has gone awfully wrong and then doesn't talk about it for a few chapters. Evil.... :) Brianne knows the part I identify with most which is practically eerie in how much it was like something I felt not too long ago... But good times and bittersweet because it is my last Charlotte Brontë novel. Je suis très triste!"
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