{"product_id":"shirley-9780141439860","title":"Shirley","description":"\u003cb\u003eA passionate but unsentimental depiction of conflict between classes, sexes and generations\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStruggling manufacturer Robert Moore has introduced labour saving machinery to his Yorkshire mill, arousing a ferment of unemployment and discontent among his workers. Robert considers marriage to the wealthy and independent Shirley Keeldar to solve his financial woes, yet his heart lies with his cousin Caroline, who, bored and desperate, lives as a dependent in her uncle's home with no prospect of a career. Shirley, meanwhile, is in love with Robert's brother, an impoverished tutor - a match opposed by her family. As industrial unrest builds to a potentially fatal pitch, can the four be reconciled? Set during the Napoleonic wars at a time of national economic struggles, \u003ci\u003eShirley \u003c\/i\u003e(1849) is an unsentimental, yet passionate depiction of conflict between classes, sexes and generations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharlotte Bronte\u003c\/b\u003e (1816-1855), English writer noted for her novel Jane Eyre (1847), sister of Anne Bronte and Emily Bronte. The three sisters are almost as famous for their short, tragic lives as for their novels. The collection of poems, \u003ci\u003ePoems By Currer, Ellis And Acton Bell\u003c\/i\u003e (1846), which Charlotte wrote with her sisters, sold only two copies. Her novel \u003ci\u003eThe Professor\u003c\/i\u003e never found a publisher during her lifetime. Undeterred by this rejection, Charlotte began \u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e, which appeared in 1847 and became an immediate success. \u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e was followed by \u003ci\u003eShirley \u003c\/i\u003e(1848) and \u003ci\u003eVilette \u003c\/i\u003e(1853). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLucasta Miller\u003c\/b\u003e read English at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Bront? Myth\u003c\/i\u003e and writes for \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJessica Cox\u003c\/b\u003e is a research student and postgraduate tutorial assistant in the Department of English at the University of Wales Swansea. Her research interests include the sensation fiction of the 1860s, the feminist movement of the nineteenth century and the Victorians in the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613909586194,"sku":"9780141439860","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_b043aa37-fa10-4def-bdff-27a5d8f036e4.jpg?v=1737286456","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/shirley-9780141439860","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}