![]() A few months after Agnes arrives, she meets Edward Weston–one of the few genuinely good people in this book. The Murrays are not as awful as the Bloomfields in that they are probably not budding sociopaths, but they are awfully vain, lazy, and self-centered. ![]() Agnes is fired and takes work with a new family, the Murrays, further away from home. Critics and biographers note that the scene in which Agnes kills a nest of birds to save them from being tortured actually happened to Anne. The oldest boy is even abusive to animals. Agnes has no power to discipline the children, so they never improve. The mother and father are blind to the faults of their children and blame Agnes for their misbehavior. The first family Agnes works for, the Bloomfields, are the worst. To help the family, Agnes takes work as a governess for two families that have awful children. Agnes, like Anne, was the daughter of a clergyman who didn’t have the best luck with money. It details the experiences of Agnes Grey as she becomes a governess and eventually finds love and happiness with a rector. I really wish that it had been longer than novella length because I so enjoyed the time I spent in Agnes’ company.Ĭritics agree–and I have to agree with them, having read Anne’s short biography on Wikipedia–that Agnes Grey is a highly autobiographical novella. I loved her work after I read The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, and Agnes Greyis just as wonderful. It’s really a pity, a true shame, that Anne Brontë didn’t live long enough to write more than two books. ![]()
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