Agnes Grey by Hilda Marsden

Agnes Grey by Hilda Marsden

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In Agnes Grey Anne Brontë drew on her own experiences as a governess, trying to cope with unmanageable children with little respect from her employer. It combines a wonderful study of Victorian responses to children with a story of romantic love, and this new edition does full justice to its fictional as well as its autobiographical qualities.

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Agnes Grey by Hilda Marsden

All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity, that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut. Whether this be the case with my history or not, I am hardly competent to judge. I sometimes think it might prove useful to some, and entertaining to others; but the world may judge for itself. Shielded by my own obscurity, and by the lapse of years, and a few fictitious names, I do not fear to venture; and will candidly lay before the public what I would not disclose to the most intimate friend.
Sally Shuttleworth has edited several long-standing editions for OWC including Lorna Doone, North and South and Jane Eyre (introduction and revised notes). Her book The Mind of the Child: Child Development in Literature, Science, and Medicine, 1840-1900 is forthcoming from OUP, 2010.
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ISBN 13 9780199296989
ISBN 10 0199296987
Title Agnes Grey
Author Anne Bront
Series Oxford World's Classics
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Oxford University Press
Year published 2010-06-10
Number of pages 240
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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