In the Yorkshire of 1811 and 1812, with trade crippled by the Napoleonic Wars, the mill-owner Robert Moore brings in new machinery and faces the fury of unemployed workers. Quiet Caroline Helstone loves him without hope, while the heiress Shirley Keeldar, independent and outspoken, becomes her friend and his landlord.
Brontë’s novel after Jane Eyre, a bold mixture of social history and frank thought about the lives of women. Download the free EPUB.