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Shirley
Written by Charlotte Brontë
Narrated by Anna Bentinck
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Set in the industrialising England of the Napoleonic wars – a period of bad harvests, Luddite riots and economic unrest – Shirley is the story of two contrasting heroines and the men they love. One is the shy Caroline Helstone, trapped in the oppressive atmosphere of a Yorkshire rectory, whose life represents the plight of single women in the 19th century. The other is the vivacious Shirley Keeldar, who inherits a local estate and whose wealth liberates her from convention.
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Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte Bronte nació en 1816 en Thronton (Yorkshire), tercera hija de Patrick Brontë y Maria Branwell. En 1820 el padre fue nombrado vicario perpetuo de la pequeña aldea de Haworth, en los páramos de Yorkshire, y allí pasaría Charlotte casi toda su vida. Huérfanos de madre a muy corta edad, los cinco hermanos Brontë fueron educados por una tía. En 1824, Charlotte, junto con sus hermanas Emily, Elizabeth y Maria, acudió a una escuela para hijas de clérigos; Elizabeth y Maria murieron ese mismo año, y Charlotte siempre lo atribuyó a las malas condiciones del internado. Estudiaría posteriormente un año en una escuela privada, donde ejerció asimismo como maestra; fue luego institutriz, y maestra de nuevo en un pensionado de Bruselas, donde en 1842 estuvo interna con Emily. De vuelta a Haworth, en 1846 consiguió publicar un volumen de Poesías con sus hermanas Emily y Anne, con el pseudónimo, respectivamente, de Currer, Ellis y Acton Bell. Su primera novela, El profesor (ALBA CLÁSICA núm. XLIV), no encontró editor, y no sería publicada hasta 1857. Pero, como Currer Bell, publicó con éxito Jane Eyre (1847; ALBA CLÁSICA MAIOR núm. IV). En 1848, mientras morían a su alrededor Emily y Anne y su hermano Branwell, escribió Shirley (ALBA CLÁSICA núm. XXX), que sería publicada al año siguiente. Su última novela fue Villette (1853). Charlotte se casó con el reverendo A. B. Nicholls un año antes de morir en 1855.
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Reviews for Shirley
Rating: 4.369565217391305 out of 5 stars
4.5/5
46 ratings4 reviews
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5It was a beautifully read and engaging story of live.
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Parts of this I really enjoyed and parts I found quite frustrating. Shirley is quite annoying at times It was, unfortunately, just okay
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A lovely story with a cast of colourful characters and plenty twists and turns, wonderfully narrated from start to finish. At times Charlotte Brontë does lose herself a bit too much in stretching out the romantic tension and the hights of the emotions, but I guess that's to be expected of novels of that era.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An engaging plot, endearing character of Caroline and that of amazing Shirley and beautifully narrated by Anna Bentinck. Great experience.