Shirley - Bronte Charlotte
Shirley - Bronte Charlotte Struggling manufacturer Robert Moore has introduced labour saving machinery to his Yorkshire mill, arousing a ferment of unemployment and discontent among his workers.…
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Shirley - Bronte Charlotte
Struggling manufacturer Robert Moore has introduced labour saving machinery to his Yorkshire mill, arousing a ferment of unemployment and discontent among his workers. Shirley, meanwhile, is in love with Robert's brother, an impoverished tutor - a match opposed by her family. Robert considers marriage to the wealthy and independent Shirley Keeldar to solve his financial woes, yet his heart lies with his cousin Caroline, who, bored and desperate, lives as a dependent in her uncle's home with no prospect of a career.
Set during the Napoleonic wars at a time of national economic struggles, Shirley (1849) is an unsentimental, yet passionate depiction of conflict between classes, sexes and generations. As industrial unrest builds to a potentially fatal pitch, can the four be reconciled?