| Description |
xxviii, 922 pages ; 21 cm |
| Series |
Everyman's library ; no. 292.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Summary |
These two classic novels, together with Brontë's well-known Jane Eyre and Villette, comprise a magnificent oeuvre, each one a singular achievement of characterization, human understanding, and narrative elegance and drama. Shirley is the story of a complicated friendship between two very different women: shy and socially constrained Caroline, the poor niece of a tyrannical clergyman; and the independent heiress Shirley, who has both the resources and the spirit to defy convention. The romantic entanglements of the two women with a local mill owner and his penniless brother pit the claims of passion against the boundaries of class and society. The Professor--the first novel Brontë completed, the last to be published--is both a disturbing love story and the coming-of-age tale of a self-made man. At its center is William Crimsworth, who has come to Brussels to work as an instructor in a school for girls. When he becomes entangled with Zora;ide Reuter, a charismatic and brilliantly intellectual woman, the fervor of her feelings threatens both her own engagement and William's chance of finding true love. -- Publisher's description. |
| Subject |
Textile industry -- England -- Yorkshire -- 19th century -- Fiction.
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Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 -- Fiction.
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Yorkshire (England) -- Social conditions -- 19th century -- Fiction.
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Teachers -- Belgium -- Brussels -- Fiction.
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Belgium -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction.
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Brussels (Belgium) -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855.
Professor.
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| Added Title |
Professor.
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| ISBN |
9780307268211 (US) |
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0307268217 (US) |
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