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Agnes Grey

by Anne Brontë · 1847

Classics · ranked #101 in category

Reviewed by the Book Verdict editorial team

In her Introduction to an edition of "Agnes Grey," Barbara A. Suess writes "Bronte provides a portrait of the governess that is as sympathetic as her fictional indictment of the shallow, selfish money

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Category
Classics
First published
1847 · 1840s
Author
Anne Brontë
Standing
Recommended

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