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Shirley by Charlotte Brontë | |
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About 470 pages (141,027 words) in 20 products |
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Charlotte Brontë | | Birth Date: |
April 21, 1816 | | Death Date: |
March 31, 1855 | | Place of Birth: |
Thornton, Yorkshire, England | | Place of Death: |
Yorkshire, England | | Nationality: |
English | | Gender: |
Female | | Occupations: |
novelist, writer |
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 Biography of Charlotte Brontë
572 words, approx. 1.9 pages
 The English novelist Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855) portrayed the struggle of the individual to maintain his integrity with a dramatic intensity entirely new to English fiction. Charlotte Brontë was born in Thornton in the West Riding of Yorkshir... summary from source:
Biography of Charlotte Brontë
17666 words, approx. 58.9 pages
 Charlotte Bronte's fame and influence rest on a very slender canon of published works: only four novels and some contributions to a volume of poetry. Her reputation may be explained in part by the astounding success of her first novel, Jane Eyre (1847);... summary from source:
 Biography of Charlotte Bronte
17152 words, approx. 57.2 pages
Charlotte Brontë's fame and influence rest on a very slender canon of published works: only four novels and some contributions to a volume of poetry. Her reputation may be explained in part by the astounding success of her first novel, Jane Eyre (18...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Shirley Information
1,171 words, approx. 4 pages
Shirley is an 1849 social novel by the English novelist Charlotte Brontë. It was Brontë's second published novel after Jane Eyre (originally published under Brontë's pseudonym Currer Bell). The novel is set in Yorkshire in the period 1811–1812,...
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 The New York Observer Shirley\'d5s Best Since Terms
10/9/2005: 2,253 words, approx. 8 pagesIn Her Shoes is pure joy. That’s not a word tossed around as freely as you think. In today’s movie market, there’s so little of it on view, and even if you get a glimpse, it’s fleeting. But this marvelous, up-with-the-lark movie stays sunny all... summary from source:
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AP News Man arrested in Minn. dog beheading
3/23/2007: 384 words, approx. 1 pagesA man suspected of cutting the head off a teenage girl's dog and leaving it at her front door in a gift-wrapped box was in jail Friday on suspicion of terrorist threats.The 24-year-old man, who was not immediately charged, used to date Crystal Brown, the... summary from source:
AP News Man charged with beheading teen's dog
3/24/2007: 465 words, approx. 2 pagesA man accused of cutting the head off his teenage ex-girlfriend's dog and leaving it at her front door in a gift-wrapped box was charged with animal cruelty and torture Friday.The criminal complaint against Anthony Albert Gomez said police found grisly evidence on his cell...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Helene Moglen
14,708 words, approx. 49 pages
In the following excerpt, Moglen looks at the author's progression from Jane Eyre to Shirley as an attempt to turn from the personal to the political.
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Critical Essay by Andrew and Judith Hook
10,322 words, approx. 34 pages
In this introduction to Shirley, the Hooks explore the various social themes of the novel as well as the circumstances under which it was written and the intentions of its author.
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Critical Essay by Susan Gubar
9,673 words, approx. 32 pages
In the following excerpt, Gubar dismisses those critics who claim that Shirley lacks unity, and praises the novel as a revolutionary text.
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Shirley by Charlotte Brontë | |
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