Agnes Grey

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.

Auteur

With a specially commissioned Introduction and Notes by Kathryn White, Assistant Curator/Librarian of the Bronte Museum, Haworth, Yorkshire

Résumé
An expose 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