Length29h 59m
About this audiobook
Set against the volatile backdrop of England's industrial unrest during the Napoleonic Wars, Shirley is Charlotte Brontë's bold and sweeping social novel. Moving beyond the intense interior world of Jane Eyre, she paints a vivid portrait of a community in crisis, where the mechanization of the textile industry threatens the livelihoods of desperate mill workers.
At the heart of the story are two women of contrasting temperaments, whose fates become deeply intertwined. Caroline Helme, a gentle and impoverished gentlewoman, endures a life of quiet loneliness, pining for a love that seems hopeless. Shirley Keeldar is her foil: a vivacious, independent heiress who, as the inheritor of a large estate, enjoys a freedom and power rare for a woman of her time. Both must navigate a society rife with class conflict, economic hardship, and the strict limitations placed upon their sex.
Their lives become entangled with two mill owners: the brooding, misanthropic Robert Moore, driven to near-ruin and ruthlessness to save his factory, and his principled but cynical brother, Louis. As riots loom and romantic tensions simmer, the novel explores the clash between progress and humanity, the search for purpose, and the different forms of strength women must wield in a world dominated by men.
A rich tapestry of social commentary, romance, and satire, Shirley is a powerful and ambitious work that captures a nation—and womanhood itself—at a moment of profound change.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics, Romance
Length29 hrs 59 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1By the Brontë sisters in Cactus catalogue:
20CHAPTER XIX.
2CHAPTER I.
21CHAPTER XX.
3CHAPTER II.
22CHAPTER XXI.
4CHAPTER III.
23CHAPTER XXII.
5CHAPTER IV.
24CHAPTER XXIII.
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6CHAPTER V.
25CHAPTER XXIV.
7CHAPTER VI.
26CHAPTER XXV.
8CHAPTER VII.
27CHAPTER XXVI.
9CHAPTER VIII.
28CHAPTER XXVII.
10CHAPTER IX.
29CHAPTER XXVIII.
11CHAPTER X.
30CHAPTER XXIX.
12CHAPTER XI.
31CHAPTER XXX.
13CHAPTER XII.
32CHAPTER XXXI.
14CHAPTER XIII.
33CHAPTER XXXII.
15CHAPTER XIV.
34CHAPTER XXXIII.
16CHAPTER XV.
35CHAPTER XXXIV.
17CHAPTER XVI.
36CHAPTER XXXV.
18CHAPTER XVII.
37CHAPTER XXXVI.
19CHAPTER XVIII.
38CHAPTER XXXVII.
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