![]() I was unsure as to how this would read, seen as Anne’s sister’s seem to be more successful than her. This is the first Anne Bronte novel I have read, and the first completed in my Bronte Sister’s Challenge. Drawing on her own experience, Anne Bronte’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. But Agnes’ 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. ![]() ![]() 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. ![]()
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