Agnes Grey is a trenchant exposé of the frequently isolated, intellectually stagnant and emotionally starved conditions under which many governesses worked in the mid-nineteenth century.
This is a deeply personal novel written from the author’s own experience and as such Agnes Grey has a power and poignancy which mark it out as a landmark work of literature dealing with the social and moral evolution of English society during the last century.
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
ISBN: 9781853262166
Number of pages: 192
Weight: 125 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 10 mm
I have an affinity with the Bronte sisters, though I wouldn’t be able to begin to say why. I adore Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre, but I have never read any of the other books produced by the siblings. Why, I could not... More
This is a story about a young girl who tries to make a living as a governess when her father loses Family savings!
This classic is short and simple and it just goes to show you that the classics are just as good.
Purchase to read with other purchases. Yet to read. A renowned classic. Looking forward to it.
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