Barnes & Noble Classics, 2005. Paperback. Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. Trade Paperback Book in Good Condition. Classic 19th century English Literature. Introduction and Notes by Fred Schwarzbach. Drawing on her own experiences Anne Bronte wrote her first novel out of an urgent need to inform her contemporaries about the desperate position of unmarried, educated women driven to take the only respectable career open to them -that of a governess. Agnes provides an inside view of Victorian chauvinism and ruthless materialism, in some of the most perfect prose narrative in English literature. The illustrated cover is clean with faint edgewear, tight glued binding, small half circle brownish spot on fore-edge of text block. Pages toned, clean and free from any markings. 224 pages. 5.25 x 8 inches. 2005, Barnes & Noble Classics

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Agnes Grey is a novel written by the English author Anne Brontë and first published in 1847. The novel is about a governess of that name and is said to be based on Anne Brontë's own experiences. It was her first novel. Like her sister Charlotte's novel Jane Eyre, it addresses what the precarious position of governess entailed and how it affected a young woman. The Irish novelist George Moore praised Agnes Grey as "the most perfect prose narrative in English letters."

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Bookseller: The Parnassus BookShop (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 026796
Title: Agnes Grey (Barnes & Noble Classics Series)
Author: Bronte, Anne
Format/Binding: Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Good
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 1593083238
ISBN 13: 9781593083236
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Classics
Place of Publication: Alabama
Date Published: 2005
Size: 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
Keywords: LITERATURE, 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH; CLASSIC FICTION;
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction. Classics;
X weight: 0 oz

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