Agnes Grey

Lindsay Sullivan

Agnes Grey

Cardiff University

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Agnes Grey tells the story of the eponymous heroine's experiences working as a governess for the Bloomfield and Murray families and can be compared with other novels that are concerned with governesses, such as Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre (1847), William Makepeace Thackeray's Vanity Fair (1847-8), Harriet Martineau's Deerbrook (1839) and Mrs Henry Wood's East Lynne (1861). It is assumed that in its writing Anne Brontë drew on her own experiences as a governess at Blake Hall and Thorp Green Hall. The novel was written in the winter and spring of 1845-6 (whilst Emily worked on Wuthering Heights and Charlotte worked on The Professor) but proved hard to place with a publisher...

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Literary Encyclopedia
Subtitle of host publication	English Writing and Culture of the Victorian Period, 1837-1901
Editors	Gillian Fenwick, Grace Moore
Volume	1.2.1.07
Publication status	Published - 2004

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The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.07: English Writing and Culture of the Victorian Period, 1837-1901 .
Vol. editors: Rheinisch-Westfalische TH, Gillian Fenwick (University of Toronto), Grace Moore (University of Otago)

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Anne Bronte
Agnes Grey

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