Shirley (novel)Shirley is a novel by Charlotte Bronte, published in 1849. The novel is set in Yorkshire in the period 1813 1815, during the industrial depression resulting from the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812. The four central characters are studies in contrast: - Charlotte BrontëCharlotte Bront ( April 21, 1816 March 31, 1855) was an English writer. Bronte was born at Thornton, in Yorkshire, England, the eldest surviving daughter of a clergyman, Patrick Bronte (who had changed his surname from Brunty or Prunty) and his wife, Mari
Freedom and Necessity - Steven BrustSteven Karl Zoltan Brust (born November 23, 1955) is an American fantasy and science fiction author of Hungarian descent. He was a member of the writers' group The Scribblies, which included Emma Bull, Pamela Dean, Will Shetterly, and Patricia Wrede. and Emma BullEmma Bull is a science fiction and fantasy author whose best-known novel is War for the Oaks, one of the pioneering works of urban fantasy. She has participated in Terri Windling's Borderland shared universe. She sang in the rock-funk band Cats Laughing,
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