In her daring first novel, the youngest Brontë sister drew upon her own experiences to tell the unvarnished truth about life as a governess. Like Agnes Grey, Anne Brontë was a young middle-class Victorian lady whose family fortunes had faltered. Like so many other unmarried women of the nineteenth century, Brontë accepted the only "respectable" employment available — and entered a world of hardship, humiliation, and loneliness. Written with a realism that shocked critics, this biting social commentary offers a sympathetic portrait of Agnes and a moving indictment of her brutish and haughty employers. Separated from her family and friends by many miles, paid little more than subsistence wages, Agnes stands alone — both in society at large and in a household where she is neither family member nor servant. Agnes Grey remains a landmark in the literature of social history. In addition to its challenge to the era's chauvinism and materialism, it features a first-person narrative that offers a rare opportunity to hear the voice of a Victorian working woman.
GREAT SHORT STORIES BY AMERICAN WOMEN, Candace Ward (ed.). 192pp. 0-486-28776-9
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Table of contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Introductory Note - BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF ELLIS AND ACTON BELL
Table of Contents
I. - THE PARSONAGE
II. - FIRST LESSONS IN THE ART OF INSTRUCTION
III. - A FEW MORE LESSONS
IV. - THE GRANDMAMMA
V. - THE UNCLE
VI. - THE PARSONAGE AGAIN
VII. - HORTON LODGE
VIII. - THE “COMING OUT”
IX. - THE BALL
X. - THE CHURCH
XI. - THE COTTAGERS
XII. - THE SHOWER
XIII. - THE PRIMROSES
XIV. - THE RECTOR
XV. - THE WALK
XVI. - THE SUBSTITUTION
XVII. - CONFESSIONS
XVIII. - MIRTH AND MOURNING
XIX. - THE LETTER
XX. - THE FAREWELL
XXI. - THE SCHOOL
XXII. - THE VISIT
XXIII. - THE PARK
XXIV. - THE SANDS
XXV. - CONCLUSION
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