Agnes Grey
Written when she was twenty-six, Agnes Grey is Anne Brontë''s first novel. It tells the story of a rector''s daughter who has to earn her living as a governess when her family enters a financial crisis. Drawing directly from her own experiences, Anne Brontë set out to describe the immense pressures that the governess'' life involved: the frustration, the isolation, and the insensitive and cruel ...
Written when she was twenty-six, Agnes Grey is Anne Brontë''s first novel. It tells the story of a rector''s daughter who has to earn her living as a governess when her family enters a financial crisis. Drawing directly from her own experiences, Anne Brontë set out to describe the immense pressures that the governess'' life involved: the frustration, the isolation, and the insensitive and cruel ...
