Titre :	Shirley
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	Charlotte Brontê, Auteur
Editeur :	BRITAIN : Wordsworth Classics
Année de publication :	1999
Importance :	494 p
Format :	19.5x12.5 cm
ISBN/ISSN/EAN :	978-1-85326-064-3
Langues :	Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng)
Index. décimale :	823 Fiction
Résumé :	With an Introduction and Notes by Sally Minogue The Shirley of the title is a woman of independent means; her friend Caroline is not. Both struggle with what a woman's role is and can be. Their male counterparts - Louis, the powerless tutor, and Robert, his cloth-manufacturing brother - also stand at odds to society's expectations. The novel is set in a period of social and political ferment, featuring class disenfranchisement, the drama of Luddite machine-breaking, and the divisive effects of the Napoleonic Wars. But Charlotte Bront s particular strength lies in exploring the hidden psychological drama of love, loss and the quest for identity. Personal and public agitation are brought together against the dramatic backdrop of her native Yorkshire. As always, Bront challenges convention, exploring the limitations of social justice whilst telling not one but two love stories.

Shirley [texte imprimé] / Charlotte Brontê, Auteur . - BRITAIN : Wordsworth Classics, 1999 . - 494 p ; 19.5x12.5 cm.
ISBN : 978-1-85326-064-3
Langues : Anglais (eng) Langues originales : Anglais (eng)

Index. décimale :

823 Fiction

Résumé :

With an Introduction and Notes by Sally Minogue The Shirley of the title is a woman of independent means; her friend Caroline is not. Both struggle with what a woman's role is and can be. Their male counterparts - Louis, the powerless tutor, and Robert, his cloth-manufacturing brother - also stand at odds to society's expectations. The novel is set in a period of social and political ferment, featuring class disenfranchisement, the drama of Luddite machine-breaking, and the divisive effects of the Napoleonic Wars. But Charlotte Bront s particular strength lies in exploring the hidden psychological drama of love, loss and the quest for identity. Personal and public agitation are brought together against the dramatic backdrop of her native Yorkshire. As always, Bront challenges convention, exploring the limitations of social justice whilst telling not one but two love stories.