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Title: Agnes Grey: Signature Classics edition
Author: BRONTE ANNE
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 01/12/2024
Imprint: UNION SQUARE & CO (US)
Price: $18.00
Publishing status: Active
When her family becomes impoverished after a disastrous financial speculation, Agnes Grey determines to find work as a governess in order to contribute to their meager income and assert her independence. But Agnes’s enthusiasm is swiftly extinguished as she struggles first with the unmanageable Bloomfield children and then with the painful disdain of the haughty Murray family; the only kindness she receives comes from Mr. Weston, the sober young curate. Anne Bronte’s first novel, which draws on her own experiences, offers a compelling personal perspective on the desperate position of unmarried, educated women for whom becoming a governess was the only respectable career open to them in Victorian society.
Author Biography:
Anne Bronte (1820-1849) was a member of one of the most famous literary families in English letters and the author of two novels, Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.
Series: Signature Classics
ISBN: 9781435172715
Edition: 01