![]() ![]() ![]() This rich novel is filled with social commentary. Shirley, on the other hand, has an income of one thousand pounds a year so has a bit more freedom but still feels bound by her family’s opinion of who she may marry. Caroline is not permitted a career, not even as a governess, because her family forbids it, and must find solace in books and stitching items for the poor. Through Caroline and Shirley, Bronte examines the plight of unmarried women in the 1840s. ![]() Shirley, in true Bronte fashion, loves Moore’s brother, a penniless tutor. Moore knows he needs capital to keep going and considers marriage to the wealthy Shirley Keeldar despite his deep affection for his cousin Caroline. The former employees are going hungry, however, and they are determined to block his path so that their families may survive. ![]() Mill owner Robert Moore has seized upon machinery to save his company from going under these labor saving devices will save money when he most needs it. It was not as well received as her first work, but despite its weaknesses it is an engrossing story of mismatched love affairs and the rise of the machine era in Yorkshire England. Shirley was Bronte’s second novel, following Jane Eyre. ![]()
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