![]() Caroline becomes good friends with the fiercely independent Shirley and forms a strong attachment to the gentle Mrs Pryor.Ĭaroline still hopes to meet Moore on her frequent walks and one evening sees him talking to Shirley. ![]() There, she also meets Mrs Pryor, Shirley's former governess and now companion. ![]() Mr Helstone introduces Caroline to Shirley Keeldar, who has just come into her inheritance and is living nearby at Fieldhead. Under the influence of Miss Ainley, Caroline decides that she must do more to help the poor of the area. ![]() She determines to try to prepare herself for life without marriage, visiting two elderly spinsters, Miss Mann and Miss Ainley. Caroline herself has felt uncertain due to Moore's changeability. Mr Helstone and Moore quarrel and Caroline's uncle forbids her from having anything further to do with the Moores. Caroline's tedious and oppressed life at the Rectory is evoked with descriptions of visits by Mrs Sykes and her daughters and of visits by the three local curates. One evening after Caroline has been dining with Moore and his sister, she realises that she is in love with Moore, and believes him to feel the same about her. Moore lives at Hollow's cottage with his sister Hortense, who teaches Caroline Helstone, niece of the rector of Briarfield. The novel is set in 1811-12 in the period of Luddite riots with Robert Moore, tenant of Hollow's-mill, encountering trouble when he tries to bring in new equipment. ![]()
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