Shirley
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"Shirley" is a social and political novel by Charlotte Brontë set during the industrial unrest of early 19th-century England, exploring themes of class conflict, gender roles, and economic hardship.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shirley canonical | 4 |
| Shirley (novel) | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
ⓘ
political novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| author | Charlotte Brontë ⓘ |
| character |
Louis Moore
ⓘ
Mr. Helstone ⓘ Mrs. Pryor ⓘ Robert Moore ⓘ Yorkshire mill workers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| explores |
conflict between duty and desire
ⓘ
constraints on women in 19th-century society ⓘ relations between mill owners and workers ⓘ |
| firstPublicationDate | 1849 ⓘ |
| followedBy | Villette ⓘ |
| follows | Jane Eyre ⓘ |
| genre |
Victorian novel
ⓘ
industrial novel ⓘ political novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasForm | three-volume novel ⓘ |
| hasTitleCharacter | Shirley Keeldar ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Luddite riots in Yorkshire
ⓘ
industrialization in England ⓘ |
| influencedUseOfName | Shirley as a female given name ⓘ |
| isFictionalWork | true ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | realism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Luddite disturbances
ⓘ
surface form:
Luddite movement
class conflict ⓘ economic hardship ⓘ gender roles ⓘ industrial unrest ⓘ religion and morality ⓘ social change ⓘ women's independence ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person narration ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| protagonist |
Caroline Helstone
ⓘ
Shirley Keeldar ⓘ |
| publisher | Smith, Elder & Co. ⓘ |
| settingPlace |
England
ⓘ
Yorkshire ⓘ |
| settingTime |
Napoleonic Wars
ⓘ
surface form:
Napoleonic Wars era
early 19th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Haworth Parsonage
this entity surface form:
Shirley (novel)