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Novel · 1847

Agnes Grey

Anne Brontë

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Novel · 1847 · English · Victorian

Agnes Grey

Anne Brontë

A governess learns how little authority employment gives her.

RealismBildungsromanWorkClassEducation

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Understated narration makes daily humiliation legible as a system. The children and their parents expose the gap between paid responsibility and recognised power.

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