
Agnes Grey
Anne Bronte(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 10. October 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-19-953663-4 (ISBN)
Description
Drawing directly on her own unhappy experiences, Anne Bronte's first-person narrative describes the almost unbelievable pressures endured by nineteenth-century governesses - the isolation, the frustration, and the insensitive and sometimes cruel treatment meted out by employers and their families. Distinguished by its sharp, often ironic observation of middle-class social behaviour, this deeply personal novel also touches on religious belief, moral responsibility, and individual integrity and its survival. Using the text of the definitive Clarendon edition, this volume also incorporates Anne Bronte's previously unpublished manuscript revisions.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
185 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-953663-4 (9780199536634)
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Author
Editor
Senior Lecturer, Birkbeck College, University of London
Introduction
Head of Humanities Division and Professor of English, University of Oxford