Agnes Grey

An exposé of the frequently isolated, intellectually stagnant and emotionally-starved conditions under which many governesses worked in the mid-19th century, Agnes Grey has a power and poignancy which mark it out as a landmark work of literature 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.

• | Author: Anne Bronte, Dr Keith Carabine
• | Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• | Publication Date: Sep 05, 1994
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781853262166
• | ISBN-10: 1853262161