The complete online text of Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë.

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 addition, he described her first novel, Agnes Grey (184...

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 she was actually more accomplished than either Charlo...

In one of my recent graduate classes on the Brontes, the presenter of Agnes Grey observed as an amused aside that the whole moral scheme of the novel seemed to revolve around how animals are treated. The class laughed derisively. I did not,...

BY JUDY MACDONALD ARSENAL PULP PRESS, 2001 REVIEW BY KERRY RYAN Grey is a shopping list. It is riding the bus and missing your stop. It is a relationship starting to grow or slowly going sour. [Graph Not Transcribed ]...

In the following essay, Berry surveys the imagery of Agnes Grey, evaluating its thematic significance and artistry.

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 strengths.

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's sisters Emily and Charlotte, suggesting that it bears stronger affinities with the eighteenth-century novel than it does with their writings.