Agnes Grey (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Anne Brontë
- First Published: 1847
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: Mid-nineteenth century
- Genres: Long fiction, Domestic realism
- Subjects: Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Poverty or poor people, Ministry or ministers, England or English people, Upper classes, Sisters, Tutors or tutoring
- Locales: England
Places Discussed
Parsonage. Family home in an unnamed village in the north of England, that is provided to Agnes’s father because he is the parish priest. It is portrayed as modest but well-furnished and comfortable. The landscape is moorland, with narrow valleys, streams, and woods. Though neither the landscape nor her father’s labors as priest in the community are described in any detail, the parallels to Anne Brontë’s own parsonage home in Haworth in the Yorkshire Dales are very strong, although Haworth was somewhat less rural than Agnes’s home. Agnes and her mother...
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