SHIRLEY

In the midst of the Napoleonic wars a Yorkshire mill owner Robert Moore sparks a labor uprising by introducing machinery leaving his workers destitute. As he considers a loveless marriage to the wealthy Shirley Keeldar to salvage his finances his heart belongs to his cousin Caroline who's trapped in a life of dependency. Meanwhile Shirley secretly loves Robert's brother a penniless tutor defying her family's opposition. As tensions escalate and industrial unrest reaches a boiling point can these four souls find a way to reconcile their hearts and desires? Charlotte Brontë's novel Shirley (1849) masterfully exposes the conflicts of class gender and generation weaving a powerful tale of love loyalty and social change.