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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.

译者前记 第一章 利未人 第二章 大车 第三章 约克先生 第四章 约克先生（续） 第五章 洼地的小屋 第六章 科利奥兰纳斯 第七章 几位副牧师来吃下午茶 第八章 挪亚和摩西 第九章 白莱亚曼斯 第十章 老处女 第十一章 菲尔赫德 第十二章 谢利和卡罗琳 第十三章 又是谈公事 第十四章 谢利想通过行善获得拯救 第十五章 唐先生的《出埃及记》 ……