Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Brontë, Anne

 
9780140432107: Agnes Grey (Penguin Classics)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0140432108 ISBN 13: 9780140432107
Verlag: Penguin Classics, 1988

Inhaltsangabe

Anne Brontë's first novel is the compelling autobiographical tale of a young woman desperately seeking a place in the world

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. But Agnes's 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. Drawing on her own experience, Anne Brontë'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.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Anne Brontë was born in 1820, the youngest of the Brontë family. She was educated at home in the Yorkshire village of Howarth, and later held two positions as a governess, difficult experiences which inspired her first novel, Agnes Grey, in 1847. This was followed by The Tenant of Wildfell Hall in 1848. Anne died of tuberculosis in 1849, aged twenty-nine.

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Agnes Grey is undoubtedtedly a deeply personal novel, in which Anne Bronte views on the 'contemporary' issue of the treatment of governesses, as well as her passionate religious sympathies, find very deliberate expression; but she also touches on issues of moral behaviour, moral responsibility, and individual integrity and its survival.

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Verlag
Penguin Classics
Erscheinungsdatum
1988
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0140432108
ISBN 13 
9780140432107
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
288
Herausgeber
Goreau Angeline
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