{"product_id":"2940012798923","title":"SHIRLEY","description":"CONTENTS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e         I. LEVITICAL                                                  3\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        II. THE WAGONS                                                16\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       III. MR. YORKE                                                 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        IV. MR. YORKE (CONTINUED)                                     40\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e         V. HOLLOW'S COTTAGE                                          51\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        VI. CORIOLANUS                                                66\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       VII. THE CURATES AT TEA                                        85\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      VIII. NOAH AND MOSES                                           110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        IX. BRIARMAINS                                               125\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e         X. OLD MAIDS                                                147\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        XI. FIELDHEAD                                                164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       XII. SHIRLEY AND CAROLINE                                     181\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      XIII. FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS ON BUSINESS                       201\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       XIV. SHIRLEY SEEKS TO BE SAVED BY WORKS                       226\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        XV. MR. DONNE'S EXODUS                                       239\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       XVI. WHITSUNTIDE                                              253\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      XVII. THE SCHOOL FEAST                                         264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XVIII. WHICH THE GENTEEL READER IS RECOMMENDED TO SKIP, LOW\u003cbr\u003e            PERSONS BEING HERE INTRODUCED                            279\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       XIX. A SUMMER NIGHT                                           290\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e        XX. TO-MORROW                                                306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       XXI. MRS. PRYOR                                               319\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      XXII. TWO LIVES                                                336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XXIII. AN EVENING OUT                                           346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      XXIV. THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH                        365\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       XXV. THE WEST WIND BLOWS                                      384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      XXVI. OLD COPY-BOOKS                                           392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XXVII. THE FIRST BLUESTOCKING                                   410\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XXVIII. PHŒBE                                                   433\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      XXIX. LOUIS MOORE                                              453\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       XXX. RUSHEDGE--A CONFESSIONAL                                 461\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      XXXI. UNCLE AND NIECE                                          475\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XXXII. THE SCHOOLBOY AND THE WOOD-NYMPH                         491\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XXXIII. MARTIN'S TACTICS                                         502\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XXXIV. CASE OF DOMESTIC PERSECUTION--REMARKABLE INSTANCE\u003cbr\u003e            OF PIOUS PERSEVERANCE IN THE DISCHARGE OF RELIGIOUS\u003cbr\u003e            DUTIES                                                   513\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      XXXV. WHEREIN MATTERS MAKE SOME PROGRESS, BUT NOT MUCH         521\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e     XXXVI. WRITTEN IN THE SCHOOLROOM                                534\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    XXXVII. THE WINDING-UP                                           555\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSHIRLEY.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLEVITICAL.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf late years an abundant shower of curates has fallen upon the north of\u003cbr\u003eEngland: they lie very thick on the hills; every parish has one or more\u003cbr\u003eof them; they are young enough to be very active, and ought to be doing\u003cbr\u003ea great deal of good. But not of late years are we about to speak; we\u003cbr\u003eare going back to the beginning of this century: late years--present\u003cbr\u003eyears are dusty, sunburnt, hot, arid; we will evade the noon, forget it\u003cbr\u003ein siesta, pass the midday in slumber, and dream of dawn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you think, from this prelude, that anything like a romance is\u003cbr\u003epreparing for you, reader, you never were more mistaken. Do you\u003cbr\u003eanticipate sentiment, and poetry, and reverie? Do you expect passion,\u003cbr\u003eand stimulus, and melodrama? Calm your expectations; reduce them to a\u003cbr\u003elowly standard. Something real, cool, and solid lies before you;\u003cbr\u003esomething unromantic as Monday morning, when all who have work wake with\u003cbr\u003ethe consciousness that they must rise and betake themselves thereto. It\u003cbr\u003eis not positively affirmed that you shall not have a taste of the\u003cbr\u003eexciting, perhaps towards the middle and close of the meal, but it is\u003cbr\u003eresolved that the first dish set upon the table shall be one that a\u003cbr\u003eCatholic--ay, even an Anglo-Catholic--might eat on Good Friday in\u003cbr\u003ePassion Week: it shall be cold lentils and vinegar without oil; it shall\u003cbr\u003ebe unleavened bread with bitter herbs, and no roast lamb.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf late years, I say, an abundant shower of curates has fallen upon the\u003cbr\u003enorth of England; but in eighteen-hundred-eleven-twelve that affluent\u003cbr\u003erain had not descended.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145465577712,"sku":"2940012798923","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012798923_p0.jpg?v=1763572385","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012798923","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}