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Shirley

by Charlotte Brontë
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Shirley was the second published novel by Charlotte Brontë, after Jane Eyre. It is a social novel set against the backdrop of the Luddite uprisings in Yorshire after the Napoleonic Wars, particularly in the depressed textile industry. The novel's heroine is given a boy's name by her father, who expected a son. The novel's popularity turned the distinctly male name Shirley into a distinctly female one.

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Publisher: Duke Classics

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  • ISBN: 9781620111321
  • Release date: February 20, 2012

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subjects

Classic Literature Fiction

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:930
Text Difficulty:4-6

Shirley was the second published novel by Charlotte Brontë, after Jane Eyre. It is a social novel set against the backdrop of the Luddite uprisings in Yorshire after the Napoleonic Wars, particularly in the depressed textile industry. The novel's heroine is given a boy's name by her father, who expected a son. The novel's popularity turned the distinctly male name Shirley into a distinctly female one.

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Classic Literature Fiction