Chapter I: Front Matter

SHIRLEY

BY CHARLOTTE BRONTË

T. Nelson & Sons

CONTENTS.

I. LEVITICAL 3

II. THE WAGONS 16

III. MR. YORKE 31

IV. MR. YORKE (CONTINUED) 40

V. HOLLOW'S COTTAGE 51

VI. CORIOLANUS 66

VII. THE CURATES AT TEA 85

VIII. NOAH AND MOSES 110

IX. BRIARMAINS 125

X. OLD MAIDS 147

XI. FIELDHEAD 164

XII. SHIRLEY AND CAROLINE 181

XIII. FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS ON BUSINESS 201

XIV. SHIRLEY SEEKS TO BE SAVED BY WORKS 226

XV. MR. DONNE'S EXODUS 239

XVI. WHITSUNTIDE 253

XVII. THE SCHOOL FEAST 264

XVIII. WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW
PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED 279

XIX. A SUMMER NIGHT 290

XX. TO-MORROW 306

XXI. MRS. PRYOR 319

XXII. TWO LIVES 336

XXIII. AN EVENING OUT 346

XXIV. THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH 365

XXV. THE WEST WIND BLOWS 384

XXVI. OLD COPY-BOOKS 392

XXVII. THE FIRST BLUESTOCKING 410

XXVIII. PHŒBE 433

XXIX. LOUIS MOORE 453

XXX. RUSHEDGE--A CONFESSIONAL 461

XXXI. UNCLE AND NIECE 475

XXXII. THE SCHOOLBOY AND THE WOOD-NYMPH 491

XXXIII. MARTIN'S TACTICS 502

XXXIV. CASE OF DOMESTIC PERSECUTION--REMARKABLE INSTANCE
OF PIOUS PERSEVERANCE IN THE DISCHARGE OF RELIGIOUS
DUTIES 513

XXXV. WHEREIN MATTERS MAKE SOME PROGRESS, BUT NOT MUCH 521

XXXVI. WRITTEN IN THE SCHOOLROOM 534

XXXVII. THE WINDING-UP 555

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