Charlotte Brontë, author of the wildly popular and beloved 'Jane Eyre,' the next 'Cinderella,' also wrote a number of other equally captivating novels. For example, the novel 'Shirley,' offered in this edition, presents with psychological precision and real-life authenticity the experiences of its main characters: a sweet girl from a clerical family consumed by melancholy and dreams, a young factory owner with a Byronic appearance, and, of course, Shirley herself—a brilliant aristocrat, charming and strong-willed.