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Agnes Grey

Anne Brontë

Start date: January 1, 2018

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Jan 23, 2015 Sara rated it really liked it

Shelves: classics, literary-fiction

There can be no doubt how Anne Bronte felt about her experiences as a governess. Agnes Grey feels very autobiographical in those terms, with the spoiled children and the careless individuals of the upper class leading to a true understanding of how difficult such a position must have been for a young woman of this era. By all reports, Anne was ill suited to that profession and had it foisted upon her by necessity, just as Agnes does. That she wished to build the character of her charges and foun ...more

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Mar 24, 2023 Laura (Reading is a Doing Word) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: classics-trad-and-modern, books-i-own, 2023-read, bronte

Reading Agnes Grey after recently finishing Jane Eyre, it's hard not to compare the two.
I found Agnes a reasonably quick read. The reader is given a candid insight into the life of a governess during the 1800s. Occupying a kind of limbo between family and servant, Agnes finds herself at the mercy of unruly and vindictive pupils and lacking support or empathy from the families who employ her. There are acute observations into how isolating such a position could be and into the classist views of t ...more

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Nov 26, 2021 Maria rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

"...the flint and steel of circumstances are continually striking out sparks, which vanish immediately, unless they chance to fall upon the tinder of our wishes; then, they instantly ignite, and the flame of hope is kindled in a moment."

My second ever Brontë and what a pleasant experience it was. This particular book is often overlooked when people talk about the great works of the Brontë sisters so I did not have particularly high expectations but picked it up because I physically owned it and ...more

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Jan 04, 2014 Christine PNW rated it really liked it

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Mar 17, 2016 GONZA rated it liked it

Anne Brontë is by far my favorite writer sister between the three of them because Agnes Grey, even if not perfect, was what I need to survive the anguish of Villette. Now that I read the masterpiece of the Brontë, I'm almost ready to go back to the Russians Classic, almost.

Anne Brontë é di gran lunga la mia scrittrice preferita tra le tre sorelle, anche perché Agnes Gray, nonostante a tratti non eccezionale, era quello che mi serviva per riprendermi dall'angoscia in cui mi aveva lasciato Villett ...more

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