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020			_a9780140430950
024			_a1745724
050			_aPZ3.B790
082			_a823.8
100	1		_aCharlotte Bronte
245	1		_aShirley
260			_bPenguin Classics
300			_a624 pages
520			_aStruggling manufacturer, Robert Moore has introduced labour saving machinery to his Yorkshire mill, arousing a ferment of unemployment and discontent among his workers. 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. Shirley, meanwhile, is in love with Robert's brother, an impoverished tutor - a match opposed by her family. As industrial unrest builds to a potentially fatal pitch, can the four be reconciled? 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.
650			_aLiterary Fiction
650			_aHistorical Fiction
999			_c212 _d212