Agnes Grey

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Agnes Grey is a novel by Anne Brontë that portrays the harsh realities of a young governess’s life in Victorian England.

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instanceOf novel
author Anne Brontë
comparedWith Jane Eyre
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
firstEditionTitlePageYear 1848
firstPublicationFormat three-volume set with Wuthering Heights
genre bildungsroman
governess novel
social novel
hasAdaptation radio adaptation
television adaptation
hasCharacter Edward Weston
Mary Ann Bloomfield
Mary Grey
Matilda Murray
Mr. Bloomfield
Mr. Murray
Mrs. Bloomfield
Mrs. Grey
Mrs. Murray
Rosalie Murray
Tom Bloomfield
hasISBN various modern editions
influencedBy Anne Brontë’s experience as a governess
language English
literaryMovement realism
literaryPeriod Victorian literature
mainCharacter Agnes Grey
narrativePerspective first-person
narrator Agnes Grey
originalPublisher Thomas Cautley Newby
portrays abuse and neglect of governesses
moral hypocrisy of upper classes
protagonistOccupation governess
publicationYear 1847
publishedTogetherWith Wuthering Heights
publishedUnderPseudonym Acton Bell
settingCountry England
settingPeriod Victorian era
structure two-volume novel
theme economic dependence
education of children
female independence
harsh realities of governess life
morality
religion
social class
workOf Anne Brontë

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Thomas Cautley Newby publisherOf Agnes Grey
Haworth Parsonage notableWorkCreatedHere Agnes Grey
Anne Brontë notableWork Agnes Grey
Agnes Grey mainCharacter Agnes Grey
Agnes Grey narrator Agnes Grey
Acton Bell usedForWork Agnes Grey