Shirley
Overview
Shirley is social novel by the English novelist Charlotte Bront . It was Bront 's second published novel after Jane Eyre. The novel is set in Yorkshire in the period of 1811-12, during the industrial depression resulting from the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. The novel is set against a backdrop of the Luddite uprisings in the Yorkshire textile industry. The novel's popularity led to Shirley becoming a woman's name. The title character was given the name that her father had intended to give a son. Before the publication of the novel, Shirley was an uncommon - but distinctly male - name and would have been an unusual name for a woman. Today it is regarded as a distinctly female name and an uncommon male name.
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- ISBN-13: 9781523880348
- ISBN-10: 1523880341
- Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
- Publish Date: February 2016
- Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.4 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.03 pounds
- Page Count: 700
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