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Shirley (Wordsworth Classics) - Couverture souple

Brontë, Charlotte

 
9781853260643: Shirley (Wordsworth Classics)
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1853260649 ISBN 13 : 9781853260643
Editeur : Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1993

Synopsis

With an Introduction and Notes by Sally Minogue

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.

But Charlotte Brontës particular strength lies in exploring the hidden psychological drama of love, loss and the quest for identity. Personal and public agitation are brought together against the dramatic backdrop of her native Yorkshire. As always, Brontë challenges convention, exploring the limitations of social justice whilst telling not one but two love stories.

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À propos de la quatrième de couverture

Following the tremendous popular success of Jane Eyre, which earned her lifelong notoriety as a moral revolutionary, Charlotte Bronte vowed to write a sweeping social chronicle that focused on "something real and unromantic as Monday morning". Set in the industrializing England of the Napoleonic wars and Luddite revolts of 1811-12, Shirley (1849) is the story of two contrasting heroines. One is the shy Caroline Helstone, who is trapped in the oppressive atmosphere of a Yorkshire rectory and whose bare life symbolizes the plight of single women in the nineteenth century. The other is the vivacious Shirley Keeldar, who inherits a local estate and whose wealth liberates her from convention. A work that combines social commentary with the more private preoccupations of Jane Eyre, Shirley demonstrates the full range of Bronte's literary talent.

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Éditeur
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Date d'édition
1993
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1853260649
ISBN 13 
9781853260643
Reliure
Tapa blanda
Nombre de pages
528
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Buchpark GmbH
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