Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte (English) Paperback Book

Description: Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte Discover the lesser-known but brilliant novel by the hugely under-appreciated Anne Brontë.When Agness father loses the family savings, young Agnes determines to make her own living – as a governess. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The lesser-known but brilliant novel by the hugely under-appreciated Anne BronteDiscover the lesser-known but brilliant novel by the hugely under-appreciated Anne Bronte.When Agness father loses the family savings, young Agnes determines to make her own living - as a governess. Working for the Bloomfields, her enthusiasm is soon dampened by isolation and the cruelty of the children in her charge. Agnes hopes for better in her second job, but when the scheming elder daughter Rosalie makes designs on Agness new friend, the kind curate Mr Weston, she feels herself silenced and sidelined. Becoming a governess is one thing, becoming invisible is quite another.WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SAMANTHA ELLIS Author Biography Anne Bronte was born at Thornton in Yorkshire on 17 January 1820, the youngest of six children. That April, the Brontes moved to Haworth, a village on the edge of the moors, where Annes father had become the curate. Annes mother died soon afterwards. She was four when her older sisters were sent to the Clergy Daughters School at Cowan Bridge, where Maria and Elizabeth both caught tuberculosis and died. After that, Anne, Charlotte, Emily and Branwell were taught at home for a few years, and together, they created vivid fantasy worlds which they explored in their writing. Anne went to Roe Head School 1835-7. She worked as a governess with the Inghamfamily (1839-40) and with the Robinson family (1840-45). In 1846, along with Charlotte and Emily, she published Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell. She published Agnes Grey in 1847 and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall in 1848. That year, both Annes brother Branwell and her sister Emily died of tuberculosis. A fortnight later, Anne was diagnosed with the same disease. She died inScarborough on 28 May 1849. Review Agnes Grey is the most perfect prose narrative of English letters... Simple and beautiful... The only story in English literature in which style, characters, and subject are in perfect keeping -- George MooreFor too long [Anne] has been undervalued as the third-best Bronte. But her fiction, exploring the lamentably still current themes of addiction and domestic violence and the abuse of vulnerable women working away from home, has a vigour and bracing satirical intelligence which places her in the first rank of what is arguably the greatest ever generation of novelists in English -- Lucy Hughes-HallettBrontë depicts in detail the isolation inherent in a governesss life, as an educated – but by necessity not too educated – woman trapped in an awkward halfway world between the classes * Guardian * Promotional The lesser-known but brilliant novel by the hugely under-appreciated Anne Bronte Review Text Agnes Grey is the most perfect prose narrative of English letters... Simple and beautiful... The only story in English literature in which style, characters, and subject are in perfect keeping Review Quote "Agnes Grey is the most perfect prose narrative of English letters . . . Simple and beautiful . . . The only story in English literature in which style, characters, and subject are in perfect keeping." --George Moore Promotional "Headline" The lesser-known but brilliant novel by the hugely under-appreciated Anne Bronte Details ISBN1784872393 Author Anne Bronte Publisher Vintage Publishing Year 2017 ISBN-10 1784872393 ISBN-13 9781784872397 Format Paperback Media Book Publication Date 2017-01-12 Imprint Vintage Classics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 823.8 Death 1849 Pages 224 Series Vintage Classics Language English UK Release Date 2017-01-12 AU Release Date 2017-01-12 NZ Release Date 2017-01-12 Narrator Paul McGann Illustrator Tom McLaughlin Birth 1927 Affiliation Lecturer, University of Fort Hare Position Professor Qualifications J.D. Alternative 9781473547834 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:101624878;

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