In Conversations in Ebury Street (1924), George Moore declared that "if Anne Brontë had lived ten years longer, she would have taken a place beside Jane Austen, perhaps even a higher place"; in ...
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While Anne Brontë remains the least known of the Brontë sisters, often referred to as the "other one" even by scholars, it should be remembered that upon her death at age twenty-nine in 1849...
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In the following excerpt of a literary conversation originally published in 1924, Moore calls Agnes Grey "the most perfect prose narrative in English literature" and goes on to describe ...
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In the following essay, Costello recounts the plot of Agnes Grey and examines the novel as one that "criticizes the corruption of moral and ethical values" in Victorian society.
Anne ...
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In the following essay, Langland characterizes Anges Grey as a novel of female development "that both draws from a tradition of other such novels and departs significantly from it."
A...
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In the following essay, Liddell compares Brontë's development with that of her fictional counterpart, Agnes Grey.
In Emily [Brontë's] birthday paper of 1845 (written a d...
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In the following essay, Bell studies the sources, structure, style, and characters of Brontë's "quiet, controlled, realistic" Agnes Grey.
Like not a few novelists the Br...
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In the following essay, Berry surveys the imagery of Agnes Grey, evaluating its thematic significance and artistry.
"All true histories contain instruction," reads the opening sentenc...
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In the following excerpt, Frawley probes the narrative technique and themes of social isolation and alienation and of female voicelessness in Agnes Grey.
Agnes Grey and the Family Plot
The domestic...
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In the following excerpt, Hale suggests that Agnes Grey is primarily an autobiographical work and that it is of interest to the scholar of the mid-Victorian novel and for the insights it provides into...
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In the following essay, Brooke describes Brontë's experiences as a governess at Blake Hall and the influence they may have had on Agnes Grey.
Blake Hall was my grandmother's ol...
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In the following excerpt, Ewbank comments on the unadorned style of Agnes Grey then contrasts the work with several other "governess novels" of the same period in order to discover the u...
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In the following essay, Craik offers an overview of Agnes Grey, surveying its characterization, theme, narrative technique, and style. In addition, Craik compares the work with those of Brontë&...
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In the following excerpt, Schofield examines the gentle humor of Agnes Grey and the novel's sources in Brontë's own life.
May Sinclair has written: "There is in the smal...
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In the following excerpt, Winnifrith discusses Brontë's harsh portrayal of Victorian aristocracy in Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.
We do not know a great deal about the l...
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In the following excerpt, originally published in 1959, Gérin summarizes the facts of Brontë's composition of Agnes Grey and the early critical reception of the novel.
Anne Bro...
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In the following essay, Scott evaluates the realism, theme, style, and contemporary relevance of Agnes Grey, acknowledging the work's simplicity and brevity but seeing these as among its streng...
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Agnes Grey
Anne Bronte
Critical Essay by George Moore
