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The Shirley of the title is a woman of independent means; her friend Caroline is not. Both struggle with what a woman's role is and can be. Their male counterparts - Louis, the powerless tutor, and Robert, his cloth-manufacturing brother - also stand at odds to society's expectations. The novel is set in a period of social and political ferment, featuring class disenfranchisement, the drama of Luddite machine-breaking, and the divisive effects of the Napoleonic Wars.
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- Título
- Shirley
- Idioma
- Inglés
- Autores
- Charlotte Brontë
- Editorial
- Oxford
- Publicado en
- 2007
- ISBN10
- 0199297169
- ISBN13
- 9780199297160
- Serie
- Etiquetas
- Ficción, Novelas históricas, Amor, Familia, Mujeres, Clásicos, Amistad, Literatura Británica, Inglaterra, Sociedad, Siglo XIX, Gran Bretaña, Destino, Industrialización, Revolución Industrial
- Primera publicación
- 1849
- Título original
- Shirley
- Calificación
- 3,75 de 5
- Descripción
- The Shirley of the title is a woman of independent means; her friend Caroline is not. Both struggle with what a woman's role is and can be. Their male counterparts - Louis, the powerless tutor, and Robert, his cloth-manufacturing brother - also stand at odds to society's expectations. The novel is set in a period of social and political ferment, featuring class disenfranchisement, the drama of Luddite machine-breaking, and the divisive effects of the Napoleonic Wars.