Agnes Grey / Anne Bront͡ ; edited by Robin L. Inboden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brontë, Anne, 1820-1849, author.

Contributor:

Inboden, Robin, 1957- editor.

Series:

Broadview editions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Brontë, Anne, 1820-1849. Agnes Grey.

Brontë, Anne.

Agnes Grey (Brontë, Anne).

Genre:

Novels.

Physical Description:

268 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Peterborough, Ontario : Broadview Press, 2020.

Summary:

"Agnes Grey was one of a trio of novels that defined the 'governess novel' in 1847 and 1848. Alongside Jane Eyre and Vanity Fair, Agnes Grey may be the most radical of the three. Agnes Grey is the younger daughter of a clergyman and his wife of modest means, cherished but also infantilized. When her father's mercantile investment goes disastrously wrong, Agnes decides to contribute to the family's financial rebuilding by working as a governess, despite her mother and sister's misgivings about her fitness for such work. Her first position is indeed trying, as the parents and children are uncouth and even cruel. Her second position is slightly more congenial, but she is still manipulated and ignored. Still, Agnes perseveres and begins to build relationships outside the family, most importantly, with a kind, empathetic young curate. As life brings more trials to Agnes and her family, we watch her persevere in her steady path of hope and determination. This Broadview Edition provides extensive historical documents on the novel's reception, the role of the governess in Victorian England, and contemporary debates about the treatment of non-human animals."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: Agnes Grey

Appendix A Other Writings by and about Anne Bronte

1. From Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey (letter, 15 April 1839)

2. From Anne Bronte, Diary Paper (30 July 1841)

3. From Charlotte Bronte to Ellen Nussey (letter, 7 August 1841)

4. From Anne Bronte, Diary Paper (31 July 1845)

5. Anne Bronte, "The Bluebell" (22 August 1840)

6. Acton Bell [Anne Bronte], "Appeal" (28 August 1840)

7. Anne Bronte, "Lines Written at [Thorp] Green" (19 August 1841)

8. Acton Bell [Anne Bronte], "Lines Composed in a Wood on a Windy Day" (30 December 1842)

9. From Ellen Nussey, "Reminiscences of Charlotte Bronte" (1871)

10. From Currer Bell [Charlotte Bronte], "Biographical Notice of Ellis and Acton Bell" (1850)

Appendix B Contemporary and Early Reviews and Responses

1. From Spectator (18 December 1847)

2. From Henry F. Chorley, Athenaeum (25 December 1847)

3. From Douglas Jerrold's Weekly Newspaper (15 January 1848)

4. From New Monthly Magazine (January 1848)

5. From Atlas (22 January 1848)

6. From Portland [Maine] Transcript (5 January 1850)

7. From Graham's Magazine [Philadelphia] (1 February 1850)

8. From W.C. Roscoe, "Miss Bronte," National Review (July 1857)

9. From Mary Augusta Ward, "Introduction," The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1900)

10. From George Moore, Conversations in Ebury Street (1910)

Appendix C The Governess in Society

1. Maria Smith Abdy, "A Governess Wanted," Metropolitan Magazine (May 1836)

2. From George Stephen, The Guide to Service: The Governess (1844)

3. From "Hints on the Modern Governess System," Fraser's Magazine (November 1844)

Appendix D Humane Treatment of Animals

1. From Isaac Watts, A Discourse on the Education of Children and Youth (1725)

2. From Thomas Erskine, Speech ... On ... Preventing ... Cruelty to Animals (1809)

3. From "Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals," Times (17 June 1824)

4. From Sarah Burdett, The Rights of Animals (1839)

5. From Charlotte Elizabeth [Tonna], Kindness to Animals (c. 1845)

6. C.S., "The Lost Nestlings," A Mother's Lessons in Kindness to Animals (c. 1862).

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version: Brontë, Anne, 1820-1849. Agnes Grey.

ISBN:

9781554814558

1554814553

OCLC:

1158612597