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Agnes Grey, A Novel is the first novel by English author Anne Brontë (writing under the pen name of "Acton Bell"), first published in December 1847, and republished in a second edition in 1850. [2] The novel follows Agnes Grey, a governess, as she works within families of the English gentry.
Chapter 1: The Parsonage. Richard Grey is a poor clergyman in northern England. He marries his wife, Alice, against the wishes of her rich family, so Alice’s family disowns her. They have six children, but only two— Mary and Agnes —survive past childhood.
A tale of female bravery in the face of isolation and subjugation, Agnes Grey is a masterpiece claimed by Irish writer, George Moore, to be possessed of all the qualities and style of a Jane Austen title.
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Overview. Agnes Grey is the first novel by Anne Brontë (1820-1849), the youngest of the three celebrated Brontë sisters, who all wrote novels now considered classics of English literature. Anne drew on her experience as a clergyman’s daughter and as a governess in telling the story of a young woman looking for her place in the world.
Agnes Grey, novel by Anne Brontë, published in 1847. The strongly autobiographical narrative concerns the travails of a rector’s daughter in her service as governess, first to the unruly Bloomfield children and then to the callous Murrays.
Apr 9, 2017 · Agnes Grey is the story of a governess and her dealings with two very different families, the Bloomfields and the Murrays (who seem closely modelled on the Inghams and the Robinsons who Anne herself had served as a governess).
Dec 4, 2020 · agnes grey. a novel, by acton bell. london: thomas cautley newby, publisher, 72, mortimer st., cavendish sq. 1847.
Agnes Grey. Agnes Grey, A Novel is the first novel written by the English author Anne Brontë and first published in 1847. The novel is about a governess of that name and is said to be based on Anne Brontë's own experiences. Like her sister Charlotte 's novel Jane Eyre, it addresses the uncertainty of the position of a governess.
Agnes Grey. Anne Brontë. J. Grant, 1905 - Fiction - 301 pages. Drawing directly on her own experiences, Anne Brontë describes the isolation and dark ambiguity of the governes's life as lived by her...
