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Shirley

Advantages: Insights into the true characters of Emily and Anne Bronte
Disadvantages: Not an easy read

"Shirley" by Charlotte Bronte. Penguin Classics. ISBN 0-14-043095-4 This is a gem of a book, written just after Jane Eyre and set in the time of the Napoleonic Wars, it is one of Charlotte Bronte's best. It follows the fortunes of two women Caro ...

mjn 09.01.2001 · Read full review
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Review of Shirley - Charlotte Bronte

My favourite Charlotte Bronte novel

Advantages: Fantastic characters, shows Bronte's ability to the optimum
Disadvantages: Won't appeal to those who don't like this type of classic

It's a credit to a book and it's author when you can read it, re-read it, write a long essay for A level coursework on it and still love it. While people tend to see Jane Eyre as Charlotte Bronte's masterpiece, I think that this is a better novel, a bette ...

DoubleFantasy11 13.08.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Shirley - Charlotte Bronte

Shirley- A must read

Advantages: Involving, moving and very deep characters
Disadvantages: None

This is one of the most fascinating books I have ever read. The characters of Caroline and Shirley, are minutely drawn and by the end of the novel you feel like you know them. The text is by no means dated and it's a very easy to read book, the plot flo ...

TangoLady 26.04.2004 · Read full review
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Review of Shirley - Charlotte Bronte

  Woollen stocking filler

Advantages: It's short...
Disadvantages: ... but it ain't sweet

It has to be made known as we begin this, that theediscerning is not a fan of the classic literature of old. For him, acceptable reading tends to begin in the days of HG Wells, or Conrad. But he does have a fondness for the lesser works in authors' oeuvre ...

theediscerning 17.11.2003 · Read full review
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