Shirley

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Shirley
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Shirley

Charlotte Bronte
Edition year 1968
Binding Leather
Illustrator Walter Hoyle
Weight 1.5 Kg
Pages 490
Dimensions 22.9 × 15 cm

Edition details

Shirley by Charlotte Brontë. 15 leaves of two-colour lithographs by Walter Hoyle. Quarter bound in black leather series binding, green cloth boards. Red endleaves. Black and grey slipcase. 22.9x15cm. 490pp.

About the book

Charlotte Brontë's Shirley is set in Yorkshire during the industrial unrest of the early nineteenth century, when economic hardship and the introduction of new machinery brought conflict between mill owners and workers. Against this turbulent background, the novel follows the lives of Caroline Helstone and the wealthy, independent Shirley Keeldar. Through their contrasting personalities and relationships, Brontë explores love, friendship, class, industrial change and the limited opportunities available to women. The novel combines romance with social commentary, offering a broad and vivid picture of a community caught between tradition and rapid economic transformation.

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