Shirley

"Shirley" is an ardent description of the conflict of generations, sexes and social layers in which love stories are closely intertwined with severe reality. The manufacturer Robert Moore is going to marry the rich heiress of Sherly, although his heart belongs to the unprodantic Caroline, and Sherly herself is in love with the brother of Robert, a poor teacher. Will the finale be happy?
Charlotte Bronte wrote "Sherly" in difficult days for her: at that time her brother Brenuell and two sisters - Emily and Ann died from tuberculosis. The novel was published in 1849 under the pseudonym Carrer Bell. The stormy success of the book forced the author to open his true face and attracted the attention of London"s literary circles to it. Charlotte turned in her novel by the beginning of the century, to the uprisings of Luddites - participants in spontaneous protests against the introduction of cars during the industrial revolution in England