Agnes Grey
Bronte, Anne, 1820-18491994
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This novel is a trenchant expose of the frequently isolated, intellectually stagnant and emotionally-starved conditions under which many governesses worked in the mid-19th century. It is a personal work, written from the author's own experience. Agnes Grey is a trenchant expos 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.
Main title:
Agnes Grey / Anne Bronte.
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Imprint:
Ware : Wordsworth Editions, 1994.
Collation:
145p. ; 20cm.
Series title:
ISBN:
9781853262166 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.8
Language:
English
BRN:
2679992