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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Agnes Grey canonical 7

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

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Thomas Cautley Newby → publisherOf → Agnes Grey ⓘ
Haworth Parsonage → notableWorkCreatedHere → Agnes Grey ⓘ
Anne Brontë → notableWork → Agnes Grey ⓘ
Agnes Grey → mainCharacter → Agnes Grey ⓘ
Agnes Grey → narrator → Agnes Grey ⓘ
Acton Bell → usedForWork → Agnes Grey ⓘ