Shirley Review

[Dunja]

I admit at the beginning that I can't be objective when I speak about SHIRLEY, since that's the book I'm obsessed with.I am tired of listening how it's worse than Jane Eyre and Vilette, because I know that the main reason for it lies in the fact that an average girl indetifies herself with the plain, poor girl like Jane is(and Lucy, too).Seams that the only Shirley's and Carlone's fault is their beauty!That's why the whole novel doesn't have the attention which deserves!You say it is naive, that it is a soapsund because of the happy-end?And what about Jane Eyre who marries a blind man, who, of course, starts to see again on the last page?Isn't that a soapsund?<br> Shirley is a wonderful, intelligent, funny, and above all, romantic book.Robert Moore is the most handsome male charachter in writing history.Caroline's and his relation is so touching and complexive, and not pathetic at all, which is very rare in love relations.Shirley is strong, original, modern girl for her time, and yet, besides her strength-she is a real woman(we see that from her relation with Louis)...I could say so many things about this novel, but I'm afraid this is already too much.I'll just say at the end-read it.