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‘Patience, Firmness, and Perseverance were my only weapons.’ Agnes Grey (1847) was Anne Bronte’s first novel and a poignant account of her own experience as a struggling governess, obliged to earn her living in one of the few ways open to an educated Victorian girl. Agnes is not a romantic heroine such as those we find in the books of Anne’s sisters Charlotte and Emily, but her story paints a more realistic picture of what happens when an intelligent, sensitive young woman has to endure months of isolation and frustration in an unsympathetic household that is not her home.
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Agnes Grey, Anne Brontë
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- Released
- 2010
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- Title
- Agnes Grey
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Anne Brontë
- Publisher
- Arcturus
- Released
- 2010
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 192
- ISBN10
- 1848376081
- ISBN13
- 9781848376083
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Religious Topics, Love, Family, Women, Classics, Relationships, Children, England, Society, 19th century, English Literature, Fate, Intrigues, English People, Governess, Humiliation
- First published
- 1839
- Original title
- Agnes Grey
- Rating
- 3.9 out of 5
- Description
- ‘Patience, Firmness, and Perseverance were my only weapons.’ Agnes Grey (1847) was Anne Bronte’s first novel and a poignant account of her own experience as a struggling governess, obliged to earn her living in one of the few ways open to an educated Victorian girl. Agnes is not a romantic heroine such as those we find in the books of Anne’s sisters Charlotte and Emily, but her story paints a more realistic picture of what happens when an intelligent, sensitive young woman has to endure months of isolation and frustration in an unsympathetic household that is not her home.