The Shuttle

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"The Shuttle" is a 1907 novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett that explores transatlantic marriages between wealthy American women and impoverished British aristocrats, highlighting themes of power, class, and female resilience.

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instanceOf novel
author Frances Hodgson Burnett
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
firstPublicationForm book
serial
firstPublishedInPeriodical The Century Magazine
genre domestic fiction
romantic novel
social novel
hasAdaptation The Shuttle (1918 film)
hasCharacterType decayed English aristocrat
strong-willed American heroine
hasForm prose
hasMotif restoration of an English estate
transatlantic travel
hasReputation significant example of Burnett's adult fiction
hasSubject American heiresses
British aristocracy
domestic abuse
economic power of American wealth
marriage of convenience
women's empowerment
hasSymbol the oceanic shuttle between America and England
influencedBy Gilded Age transatlantic marriages
language English
literaryMovement realism
literaryPeriod Edwardian era
mainCharacter Bettina Vanderpoel NERFINISHED
Lord Mount Dunstan
Rosalie Vanderpoel
Sir Nigel Anstruthers
narrativePerspective third-person narration
pageCountApproximate 500
plotSummary The Shuttle follows wealthy American sisters Rosalie and Bettina Vanderpoel, whose marriages and relationships with impoverished British aristocrats expose issues of class, power, and female agency.
publicationYear 1907
publisher Frederick A. Stokes Company
William Heinemann
setting England
United States of America
surface form: United States
targetAudience adult readers
theme abusive relationships
class differences
culture clash
economic exploitation
female resilience
power dynamics
social mobility
transatlantic marriage
timePeriodOfFiction late 19th century
workOfAuthor Frances Hodgson Burnett

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Hodgson Burnett wrote The Shuttle
subject surface form: Frances Hodgson Burnett