Title: Shirley
Description: 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.
Subjects: English fiction, Roman anglais, Textile industry, Fiction, Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815, Women, History, Social conditions