{"product_id":"shirley-charlotte-bronte-9781499590210","title":"Shirley: Original and Unabridged","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis edition contains the \u003cb\u003eoriginal and unabridged\u003c\/b\u003e text of Shirley by Charlotte Brontë\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShirley\u003c\/b\u003e is an 1849 social novel by the English novelist \u003cb\u003eCharlotte Brontë\u003c\/b\u003e. 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 1811-12, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe novel's popularity led to Shirley's becoming a woman's name. The title character was given the name that her father had intended to give a son. Before the publication of the novel, Shirley was an uncommon - but distinctly male - name and would have been an unusual name for a woman. Today it is regarded as a distinctly female name and an uncommon male name.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile Brontë was writing Shirley, three of her siblings died. Her brother Branwell died in September 1848, and her sister Emily fell ill and died in December. Brontë resumed writing, but then her only remaining sibling, her sister Anne, became ill and died in May 1849.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is believed that the character of Caroline Helstone was loosely based on Anne and it has been speculated that Brontë originally planned to kill off Caroline but changed her mind because of her family tragedies. Shirley is what Brontë believed her sister, Emily Brontë, would have been if she had been born into a wealthy family. The maiden name of Mrs. Pryor is Agnes Grey, the name of the main character in Anne's first novel. She was based on Margaret Wooler, the principal of Roe Head School, which Brontë attended as both student and teacher.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charlotte Bronte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1499590210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781499590210\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/16\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 434\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.97d","brand":"Charlotte Bronte","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48175412871423,"sku":"9781499590210","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0fddc441-c43b-47ba-ab32-ac3f1d8dccbb.jpg?v=1771333601","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/shirley-charlotte-bronte-9781499590210","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}