num_pages: 108
description: "Agnes Grey" is the story of its title character who takes up a position as a governess. Anne Bronte's first novel was based on her own experiences as a governess and depicts the loneliness and isolation of the position. Agnes Grey as governess of the Bloomfield and Murray households experiences hardship and humiliation as a result of the families' snobbery. "Agnes Grey is" as much an autobiographical account of Bronte's own experiences as it is an indictment of the shallowness of the upper class.
language: English
title: Agnes Grey
titlecomplete: Agnes Grey
characters: Mary Grey, Agnes Grey, Rosalie Murray, Matilda Murray, Edward Weston, Nancy Brown, Mary Grey, Edward Weston, Agnes Grey, Matilda Murray, Nancy Brown, Rosalie Murray
genres: Classics, British Literature, Historical, Classic Literature, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literature, 19th Century, Fiction, Victorian
ratings_count: 67479
places: United Kingdom
publisher: Digireads.Com