Romantik
Charlotte Brontë’s Shirley is a richly observed novel of social change, personal struggle, and quiet resilience set in the turbulent industrial north of England.
Against the backdrop of economic unrest and mill-owner conflicts, the story follows Caroline Helstone, a gentle and thoughtful young woman constrained by poverty and limited prospects, and Shirley Keeldar, her wealthy, independent counterpart whose fortune grants her freedoms rarely afforded to women of the time. Their contrasting lives unfold alongside the moral dilemmas and social pressures faced by Robert Moore, a mill owner determined to modernise his business at any cost.
Blending romance with realism, Shirley explores friendship, class division, faith, and the search for purpose in a rapidly changing world. Less overtly dramatic than Jane Eyre yet deeply reflective, the novel offers a powerful portrait of women navigating love, independence, and identity within the rigid structures of nineteenth-century society.
Thoughtful, humane, and quietly radical, Shirley stands as one of Charlotte Brontë’s most socially engaged and emotionally nuanced works.
© 2018 Read & Co. Classics (E-bog): 9781528781978
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E-bog: 22. november 2018
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