Shirley

by Charlotte Brontë

58 chapters23h 21mEnglish1849

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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, during the industrial depression resulting from the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. The novel is set against a backdrop of the Luddite uprisings in the Yorkshire textile industry. (Summary by Wikipedia)

Chapters (58)

1Levitical

1840

2The Wagons Part 1

982

3The Wagons Part 2

1044

4Mr. Yorke

1205

5Mr. Yorke (Continued)

1550

6Hollow's Cottage Part 1

800

7Hollow's Cottage Part 2

1045

8Coriolanus Part 1

1097

9Coriolanus Part 2

1502

10The Curates at Tea Part 1

1028

11The Curates at Tea Part 2

1311

12The Curates at Tea Part 3

1180

13Noah and Moses Part 1

1032

14Noah and Moses Part 2

1104

15Briarmains Part 1

1714

16Briarmains Part 2

1255

17Old Maids Part 1

1328

18Old Maids Part 2

1310

19Fieldhead Part 1

1373

20Fieldhead Part 2

1317

21Shirley and Caroline Part 1

1508

22Shirley and Caroline Part 2

1731

23Further Communications on Business Part 1

1523

24Further Communications on Business Part 2

1265

25Further Communications on Business Part 3

1210

26Shirley Seeks to Be Saved by Works

2217

27Mr. Donne's Exodus

2222

28Whitsuntide

1813

29The School-Feast Part 1

1098

30The School-Feast Part 2

1178

31Which the Genteel Reader is Recommended to Skip, Low Persons Being Here Introduced

1480

32A Summer Night Part 1

1070

33A Summer Night Part 2

980

34To-Morrow

1602

35Mrs. Pryor Part 1

1406

36Mrs. Pryor Part 2

1460

37Two Lives

1480

38An Evening Out Part 1

1915

39An Evening Out Part 2

1592

40The Valley of the Shadow of Death Part 1

1346

41The Valley of the Shadow of Death Part 2

1428

42The West Wind Blows

943

43Old Copy-Books Part 1

1207

44Old Copy-Books Part 2

1090

45The First Blue-Stocking Part 1

1672

46The First Blue-Stocking Part 2

1662

47Phoebe Part 1

1414

48Phoebe Part 2

1739

49Louis Moore

1413

50Rushedge, a Confessional

2330

51Uncle and Niece

2384

52The Schoolboy and the Wood-Nymph

1680

53Martin's Tactics

1514

54Case of Domestic Persecution - Remarkable Instance of Pious Perseverance in the Discharge of Religious Duties

1255

55Wherein Matters Make Some Progress, But Not Much

2033

56Written in the Schoolroom Part 1

1405

57Written in the Schoolroom Part 2

1451

58The Winding-Up

2335

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