Oxford: Shirley

Charlotte's complex historical novel, with notes by leading academics

Edited by Herbert Rosengarten & Margaret Smith, with an introduction & additional notes by Janet Gezari. Charlotte Brontë’s only historical novel, written during a period of social unrest & based during the Napoleonic Wars. A compelling work dealing with friendship, desire & the social pressures.

Oxford University Press, paperback, 2008, 572 pages.

ISBN 9780199540808