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<p><i>Shirley</i>, published in 1849, was <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/charlotte-bronte">Charlotte Brontë’s</a> second novel after <i><a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/charlotte-bronte/jane-eyre">Jane Eyre</a></i>. Published under her pseudonym of “Currer Bell,” it differs in several respects from that earlier work. It is written in the third person with an omniscient narrator, rather than the first-person of <i>Jane Eyre</i>, and incorporates the themes of industrial change and the plight of unemployed workers. It also features strong pleas for the recognition of…
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Editions
449 editions · 8 languages- Paperback · English · 2019Independently published · 570 pages · 9781076101884
- Paperback · English · 2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 482 pages · 9781985248670
- Paperback · English · 2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform · 260 pages · 9781986065863
- Paperback · English · 2018Read Books · 662 pages · 9781528703765
- Paperback · English · 2017Createspace Independent Publishing Platform · 380 pages · 9781977753199
- Hardcover · English · 2016Palala Press · 550 pages · 9781359025746
England, fictionFiction, historical, generalNapoleonic wars, 1800-1815, fictionFiction, historicalTextile industryFictionNapoleonic Wars, 1800-1815Women
