Project Gutenberg 2009-11-16 Public domain in the USA. 2295 Brontë, Charlotte 1816 1855 Bell, Currer Bronte, Charlotte Charlotte Brontë Shirley Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shirley_(novel) Brenda Lewis, Fox in the Stars and the Online Distributed Proofreading Canada Team "Shirley" by Charlotte Brontë is a novel written in the mid-19th century. The story unfolds in the backdrop of the early 1800s in Yorkshire, England, and centers around themes of industrial strife and the social roles of women. The characters include a variety of curates like Mr. Donne and Mr. Malone, and particularly focuses on the enigmatic figure of Shirley, who defies the societal constraints placed on women of her time. The opening of the novel introduces readers to a group of young curates dining together, attempting to balance their social engagements with their pastoral duties in a region grappling with economic hardship. Their camaraderie is characterized by banter and quarrels, hinting at their complex personalities and backgrounds. The exposition sets the stage for the political and social conflicts of the era, highlighting the curates’ juxtaposition against the background of unrest borne from industrial changes. A sense of foreboding looms as the narrative hints at larger conflicts, most notably surrounding the character of Robert Moore, a mill owner, whose ambitions and struggles reflect the turmoil of the working class with impending violence suggested in the air. The narrative promises a rich exploration of characters as they navigate their fraught environments with both humor and gravity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/30486/30486-h/images/front.jpg Reading ease score: 81.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Historical fiction Yorkshire (England) -- Fiction Women -- England -- Fiction Textile industry -- Fiction Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Fiction PR Text Historical Fiction Category: Historical Novels Category: Novels Category: British Literature 1409053 2025-08-12T12:12:50.667120 text/html 1413739 2024-10-24T20:32:38 text/html 865112 2025-08-12T12:13:10.109055 application/epub+zip 882175 2025-08-12T12:12:54.936074 application/epub+zip 647455 2025-08-12T12:12:52.582122 application/epub+zip 1301859 2025-08-12T12:13:21.382976 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1186992 2025-08-12T12:13:07.703050 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 931720 2022-09-14T06:33:24.057951 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1274123 2025-08-12T12:12:46.527113 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1254385 2024-10-24T20:32:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18129 2025-08-12T12:13:21.560001 application/rdf+xml 9168 2025-08-12T12:12:53.148101 image/jpeg 2539 2025-08-12T12:12:52.871085 image/jpeg 818824 2025-08-12T12:12:50.784099 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia