Shirley (novel)
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Shirley, A Tale is an 1849 social novel by the English novelist Charlotte Brontë. It was Brontë's second published novel after Jane Eyre. The novel is set in Yorkshire in 1811–12, during the industria
Title page of the first edition, 1849
Illustration by Thomas Heath Robinson
Jane Eyre
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Jane Eyre is a novel by the English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published under her pen name "Currer Bell" on 19 October 1847 by Smith, Elder & Co. of London. The first American edition was publis
Shirley (novel)
…Shirley, A Tale is an 1849 social novel by the English novelist Charlotte Brontë. It was Brontë's second published novel after Jane Eyre (originally published under Brontë's pseudonym Currer Bell). The novel is set in Yorkshire in 1811–12, during the industrial depression resulting from…
Title page of the first edition, 1847
Young Jane argues with her guardian, Mrs Reed of Gateshead, illustration by F. H. Townsend
St John Rivers admits Jane to Moor House, illustration by F. H. Townsend
The Salutation pub in Hulme, Manchester, where Brontë began to write Jane Eyre; the pub was a lodge in the 1840s.