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Agnes Grey
Anne Brontë
Narrator Rebecca McDonnell
Publisher: Century Audio
Summary
At age 19 Anne Brontë left home and worked as a governess for a few years before becoming a writer. Agnes Grey was an 1847 novel based on her experience as a governess. Bronte depicts the precarious position of a governess and how that can affect a young woman. Agnes was the daughter of a minister whose family was in financial difficulty. She has only a few choices for employment. Agnes experiences the difficulty of reining in spoiled children and how wealth can corrupt morals.
Duration: about 7 hours (06:58:31) Publishing date: 2019-03-13; Unabridged; Copyright Year: 2019. Copyright Statment: —
