![]() “ Shirley, which differs considerably from Jane Eyre, declares its affinity with Benjamin Disraeli’s Sibyl and Elizabeth Gaskell’s Mary Barton and North and South. Overall, there’s plenty of great passion, Charlotte Bronte’s descriptions are lyrical and second to none.” - The Vince Review “Charlotte Bronte sure knew how to write a sizzling romance. . . . All three lives will become entangled in matters of the heart, as both women struggle to find their own way in a changing society.Ĭaroline and Shirley’s friendship and their contrasting life conditions and views of traditional gender roles make this novel “as interesting and relevant today as when Brontë wrote it” ( Curled Up with a Good Book). Shirley Keeldar is a bold and beautiful heiress whose wealth catches the eye of the ambitious-though nearly bankrupt-Robert Moore. ![]() The quiet and shy Caroline Helstone was raised lovingly yet sternly by her uncle in a Yorkshire rectory. ![]() Shirley, Charlotte Brontë’s second novel, following Jane Eyre, tells the story of two women of radically different circumstances, whose bond of friendship helps them emotionally navigate the romantic entanglements of Victorian society. Brontë’s most feminist novel.” (Lyndall Gordon, author of Charlotte Brontë: A Passionate Life ). ![]() ![]() The second-and only historical-book from the author of Jane Eyre: “Revolutionary . . . ![]()
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