Struggling manufacturer Robert Moore has introduced labour saving
machinery to his Yorkshire mill, arousing a ferment of unemployment
and discontent among his workers. Robert considers marriage to the
wealthy and independent Shirley Keeldar to solve his financial
woes, yet his heart lies with his cousin Caroline, who, bored and
desperate, lives as a dependent in her uncle's home with no
prospect of a career. Shirley, meanwhile, is in love with Robert's
brother, an impoverished tutor - a match opposed by her family. As
industrial unrest builds to a potentially fatal pitch, can the four
be reconciled? Set during the Napoleonic wars at a time of national
economic struggles, Shirley (1849) is an unsentimental, yet
passionate depiction of conflict between classes, sexes and
generations.
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