Shirley 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 the period 1811–1812, 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.
(Summary by Wikipedia)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Levitical
30:40 - Chapter 2
The Wagons Part 1
16:22 - Chapter 3
The Wagons Part 2
17:24 - Chapter 4
Mr. Yorke
20:05 - Chapter 5
Mr. Yorke (Continued)
25:50 - Chapter 6
Hollow's Cottage Part 1
13:20 - Chapter 7
Hollow's Cottage Part 2
17:25 - Chapter 8
Coriolanus Part 1
18:17 - Chapter 9
Coriolanus Part 2
25:02 - Chapter 10
The Curates at Tea Part 1
17:08 - Chapter 11
The Curates at Tea Part 2
21:51 - Chapter 12
The Curates at Tea Part 3
19:40 - Chapter 13
Noah and Moses Part 1
17:12 - Chapter 14
Noah and Moses Part 2
18:24 - Chapter 15
Briarmains Part 1
28:34 - Chapter 16
Briarmains Part 2
20:55 - Chapter 17
Old Maids Part 1
22:08 - Chapter 18
Old Maids Part 2
21:50 - Chapter 19
Fieldhead Part 1
22:53 - Chapter 20
Fieldhead Part 2
21:57 - Chapter 21
Shirley and Caroline Part 1
25:08 - Chapter 22
Shirley and Caroline Part 2
28:51 - Chapter 23
Further Communications on Business Part 1
25:23 - Chapter 24
Further Communications on Business Part 2
21:05 - Chapter 25
Further Communications on Business Part 3
20:10 - Chapter 26
Shirley Seeks to Be Saved by Works
36:57 - Chapter 27
Mr. Donne's Exodus
37:02 - Chapter 28
Whitsuntide
30:13 - Chapter 29
The School-Feast Part 1
18:18 - Chapter 30
The School-Feast Part 2
19:38 - Chapter 31
Which the Genteel Reader is Recommended to Skip, Low Persons Being Here Introduced
24:40 - Chapter 32
A Summer Night Part 1
17:50 - Chapter 33
A Summer Night Part 2
16:20 - Chapter 34
To-Morrow
26:42 - Chapter 35
Mrs. Pryor Part 1
23:26 - Chapter 36
Mrs. Pryor Part 2
24:20 - Chapter 37
Two Lives
24:40 - Chapter 38
An Evening Out Part 1
31:55 - Chapter 39
An Evening Out Part 2
26:32 - Chapter 40
The Valley of the Shadow of Death Part 1
22:26 - Chapter 41
The Valley of the Shadow of Death Part 2
23:48 - Chapter 42
The West Wind Blows
15:43 - Chapter 43
Old Copy-Books Part 1
20:07 - Chapter 44
Old Copy-Books Part 2
18:10 - Chapter 45
The First Blue-Stocking Part 1
27:52 - Chapter 46
The First Blue-Stocking Part 2
27:42 - Chapter 47
Phoebe Part 1
23:34 - Chapter 48
Phoebe Part 2
28:59 - Chapter 49
Louis Moore
23:33 - Chapter 50
Rushedge, a Confessional
38:50 - Chapter 51
Uncle and Niece
39:44 - Chapter 52
The Schoolboy and the Wood-Nymph
28:00 - Chapter 53
Martin's Tactics
25:14 - Chapter 54
Case of Domestic Persecution - Remarkable Instance of Pious Perseverance in the Discharge of Religious Duties
20:55 - Chapter 55
Wherein Matters Make Some Progress, But Not Much
33:53 - Chapter 56
Written in the Schoolroom Part 1
23:25 - Chapter 57
Written in the Schoolroom Part 2
24:11 - Chapter 58
The Winding-Up
38:55