{"product_id":"agnes-grey","title":"Agnes Grey","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAgnes Grey\u003c\/em\u003e was one of a trio of novels that defined the “governess novel” in 1847 and 1848. Alongside \u003cem\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAgnes Grey\u003c\/em\u003e 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’s 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. Yet 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 persist on her steady path of hope and determination.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis Broadview Edition provides extensive historical documents on the novel’s reception, the role of the governess in Victorian England, and contemporary debates about thetreatment of non-human animals.\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broadview Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66233269715293,"sku":null,"price":21.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/3893\/2573\/files\/9781554814558.jpg?v=1792198961","url":"https:\/\/shop.gazellebookservices.co.uk\/products\/agnes-grey","provider":"Gazelle Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}