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

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Thomas Cautley Newby publisherOf Agnes Grey
Haworth Parsonage, Haworth, Yorkshire notableWorkCreatedHere Agnes Grey
subject surface form: Haworth Parsonage
Anne Brontë notableWork Agnes Grey