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Shirley

English BooksWhale Edition by Charlotte Brontë

Charlotte Brontë sets friendship, labor unrest, and women's independence against the pressures of industrial Yorkshire.

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Shirley

Shirley unfolds during the Luddite disturbances, following Caroline Helstone, Shirley Keeldar, and the men around them through economic conflict, romantic uncertainty, and social constraint. Charlotte Brontë widens the Victorian novel from private longing to questions of work, class, gender, and community.

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Charlotte Brontë died in 1855, and Shirley was first published in 1849. These dates support the public-domain basis for this English original-language edition.

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  1. 01Full text
  2. 02I. LEVITICAL 3
  3. 03II. THE WAGONS 16
  4. 04III. MR. YORKE 31
  5. 05IV. MR. YORKE (CONTINUED) 40
  6. 06V. HOLLOW'S COTTAGE 51
  7. 07VI. CORIOLANUS 66
  8. 08VII. THE CURATES AT TEA 85
  9. 09VIII. NOAH AND MOSES 110
  10. 10IX. BRIARMAINS 125
  11. 11X. OLD MAIDS 147
  12. 12XI. FIELDHEAD 164
  13. 13XII. SHIRLEY AND CAROLINE 181
  14. 14XIII. FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS ON BUSINESS 201
  15. 15XIV. SHIRLEY SEEKS TO BE SAVED BY WORKS 226
  16. 16XV. MR. DONNE'S EXODUS 239
  17. 17XVI. WHITSUNTIDE 253
  18. 18XVII. THE SCHOOL FEAST 264
  19. 19XIX. A SUMMER NIGHT 290
  20. 20XX. TO-MORROW 306
  21. 21XXI. MRS. PRYOR 319
  22. 22XXII. TWO LIVES 336
  23. 23XXIII. AN EVENING OUT 346
  24. 24XXIV. THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH 365
  25. 25XXV. THE WEST WIND BLOWS 384
  26. 26XXVI. OLD COPY-BOOKS 392
  27. 27XXVII. THE FIRST BLUESTOCKING 410
  28. 28XXVIII. PHŒBE 433
  29. 29XXIX. LOUIS MOORE 453
  30. 30XXX. RUSHEDGE--A CONFESSIONAL 461
  31. 31XXXI. UNCLE AND NIECE 475
  32. 32XXXII. THE SCHOOLBOY AND THE WOOD-NYMPH 491
  33. 33XXXIII. MARTIN'S TACTICS 502
  34. 34XXXV. WHEREIN MATTERS MAKE SOME PROGRESS, BUT NOT MUCH 521
  35. 35XXXVI. WRITTEN IN THE SCHOOLROOM 534
  36. 36XXXVII. THE WINDING-UP 555
  37. 37CHAPTER I.
  38. 38CHAPTER II.
  39. 39CHAPTER III.
  40. 40CHAPTER IV.
  41. 41CHAPTER V.
  42. 42CHAPTER VI.
  43. 43CHAPTER VII.
  44. 44CHAPTER VIII.
  45. 45CHAPTER IX.
  46. 46CHAPTER X.
  47. 47CHAPTER XI.
  48. 48CHAPTER XII.
  49. 49CHAPTER XIII.
  50. 50CHAPTER XIV.
  51. 51CHAPTER XV.
  52. 52CHAPTER XVI.
  53. 53CHAPTER XVII.
  54. 54CHAPTER XVIII.
  55. 55CHAPTER XIX.
  56. 56CHAPTER XX.
  57. 57CHAPTER XXI.
  58. 58CHAPTER XXII.
  59. 59CHAPTER XXIII.
  60. 60CHAPTER XXIV.
  61. 61CHAPTER XXV.
  62. 62CHAPTER XXVI.
  63. 63CHAPTER XXVII.
  64. 64CHAPTER XXVIII.
  65. 65CHAPTER XXIX.
  66. 66CHAPTER XXX.
  67. 67CHAPTER XXXI.
  68. 68CHAPTER XXXII.
  69. 69CHAPTER XXXIII.
  70. 70CHAPTER XXXIV.
  71. 71CHAPTER XXXV.
  72. 72CHAPTER XXXVI.
  73. 73CHAPTER XXXVII.

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