Bibliograph

Agnes Grey [Restricted to Adult Learner Book Club], Anne Brontë ; retold by Helen Holwill

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Label

Agnes Grey [Restricted to Adult Learner Book Club], Anne Brontë ; retold by Helen Holwill

Language

eng

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illustrations

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Agnes Grey [Restricted to Adult Learner Book Club]

Responsibility statement

Anne Brontë ; retold by Helen Holwill

Series statement

Macmillan readers. Upper level

Summary

When her family becomes impoverished after a disastrous financial speculation, Agnes Grey determines to find work as a governess in order to contribute to their meagre income and assert her independence. But Agnes's enthusiasm is swiftly extinguished as she struggles first with the unmanageable Bloomfield children and then with the painful disdain of the haughty Murray family; the only kindness she receives comes from Mr Weston, the sober young curate. Drawing on her own experience, Anne Brontë's first novel offers a compelling personal perspective on the desperate position of unmarried, educated women for whom becoming a governess was the only respectable career open in Victorian society

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