The book centres around the earlier Luddite struggles, which was a mask for the Chartist struggles that were still raging. The curates Malone and Macarthey are both based to some extent on Charlotte’s future husband Arthur Bell Nicholls. Miss Wooler, former teacher of Charlotte and Anne, is called Mrs. Briarmains in Shirley is the Taylor house at Gomersal. Her great friend Mary Taylor, for example, is Rose Yorke. It’s well known that Charlotte used many real people, events and locations in the novel, barely disguised under other names. Shirley was Charlotte Brontë’s magnificent third novel ( although it was only her second to be published), and it’s of particular interest to fans of Anne Brontë.
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