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Shirley

Shirley

Charlotte Brontë

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Editorial:
Wilder Publications
Año de edición:
2012
Materia
Ficción histórica
ISBN:
9781617206740
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The novel is set in Yorkshire in the period 1811-12, during the industrial depression resulting from the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. The novel is set against a backdrop of the Luddite uprisings in the Yorkshire textile industry.

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