Agnes Grey (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Anne Brontë
- First Published: 1847
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Domestic realism
- Time of Work: Mid-nineteenth century
- Setting: England
- Principal Characters: Agnes Grey, Edward Weston, Mary Grey, Richard Grey, Mrs. Grey, Mrs. Murray, Rosalie Murray, Matilda Murray, Mr. Hatfield, Sir Thomas Ashby, Harry Meltham, Mr. Green, Nancy Brown, Mrs. Bloomfield, Tom Bloomfield, Mary Ann Bloomfield, Fanny Bloomfield, Uncle Robson
- 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
The Story:
Mrs. Grey, a squire’s daughter, had offended her family by getting married only for love to a poor parson in the north of England. She bore him six children, but only two, Mary and Agnes, survived. Nevertheless, the Greys were happy with their humble, educated, pious life in their small house and garden. Mr. Grey, never wholly at his ease because his wife had been forced to give up carriages and fine clothes in order to marry him, attempted to improve their fortunes by speculating and investing his patrimony in a merchant’s sea voyage; but the vessel was...
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