Shirley (Masterplots: Revised Category Edition, British Fiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Charlotte Brontë
- First Published: 1849
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological romance
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: Yorkshire, England
- Principal Characters: Shirley Keeldar, Caroline Helstone, Robert Moore, Louis Moore, Mrs. Pryor
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Factories, Social reform, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Social issues, Social work, England or English people, Sick persons, Industrialization
- Locales: England, Yorkshire, England
The Story:
The introduction of machinery into Robert Moore’s Yorkshire cotton mill had caused many mill workers to lose their jobs. One night a group of rebellious men, spurred on by hungry families and resentful leaders, stormed down on wagons bearing new machinery to the mill. The rioters destroyed every piece.
Caroline Helstone, quiet and delicately pretty, appeared the following morning in Robert Moore’s cottage to take her French lesson with Hortense Moore, who with her brother had recently come to England from Brussels. As a young child, Caroline had been...
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