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Shirley is Charlotte Bronte's only historical novel and her most topical one. The introduction to this new edition considers its autobiographical overtones as well as its social context, and includes revised notes and bibliography. - ;'You expected bread, and you have got a stone; break yo...

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1. Verfasser: Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855
Weitere Verfasser: Rosengarten, Herbert, Smith, Margaret, 1931-
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
Ausgabe:New ed.
Schriftenreihe:Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
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Zusammenfassung:Shirley is Charlotte Bronte's only historical novel and her most topical one. The introduction to this new edition considers its autobiographical overtones as well as its social context, and includes revised notes and bibliography. - ;'You expected bread, and you have got a stone; break your teeth on it, and don't shriek ... you will have learned the great lesson how to endure without a sob.'. Written at a time of social unrest, it is set during the period of the Napoleonic Wars, when economic hardship.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (xxxvii, 572 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages xxix-xxxi).
ISBN:9780191538070
0191538078