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Agnes Grey

Anne Brontë

Start date: January 1, 2018

Finish date: January 31, 2018

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May 27, 2019 Chrissie rated it really liked it

Shelves: love, relationships, audible-uk, victorian, england, philo-psychol, feminism, classics, hf, 2019-read

Anne Brontë is without doubt my favorite of the three Brontë sisters.

Agnes is the narrator and central protagonist of this story. She is the younger of two daughters in a loving family. Her father, a parson, has lost family savings through unwise speculation. He is by nature too trusting, too believing in the goodness of man. His wife and daughters continue to love and support him.

Agnes, determined to never become a burden to her family, looks for a position as a governess.

So why do I like this ...more

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Feb 09, 2016 Rachel rated it really liked it

This is one of those books, like Jane Eyre, that I wish I'd read when I was young and impressionable. It would have probably done me more good that Sweet Valley High and an endless stream of Christopher Pike, R.L. Stine and V.C. Andrews novels. Not that there's anything wrong with those books, but a protagonist who isn't always the prettiest or the most talented and who's happy with a man who's not always the most dashing or handsome would have been helpful during my formative years.

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Aug 17, 2019 Karen rated it really liked it

Shelves: 1001

I knew nothing of this story before I read it. I didn't know what to expect. I really liked it. ...more

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Aug 26, 2009 Laura rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: 1001-books-you-must-read-before-you, audio-books, classics, read-2009, victorians

Available at LibriVox. This audio version has too many and distinct narrators, pity.

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Sep 22, 2017 Kelly_Hunsaker_reads ... rated it liked it

Shelves: 1001-books, vic-lit, classics

I enjoyed Agnes Gray more than I did The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, which I know is quite different than most. I found this one slightly more feminist in feeling and I liked the protagonist more. Agnes was very real and felt quite modern despite the very antiquated views on child discipline.

But Anne's books both left me disappointed after having been so intrigued and enchanted by Wuthering Heights. I think the next Bronte book I read will be Jane Eyre and I am hopeful that I will love it as much a ...more

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Sep 17, 2023 walkabout rated it liked it

Shelves: 2023

Nice little story with a happy ending. Full of sorrow, abuse, and classism. It shows endurance eventually pays off.
But oh boy, how many horrible characters to make the life of Ms Grey miserable! What a saint!

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