| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 03 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
| Series |
Recorded Books classics library.
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| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Cast |
Read by Virginia Leishman. |
| Summary |
In her daring first novel, the youngest Bronte sister drew upon her own experiences to tell the unvarnished truth about life as a governess. Like Agnes Grey, Anne Bronte was a young middle-class Victorian lady whose family fortunes had faltered. Like so many other unmarried women of the nineteenth century, Bronte accepted the only "respectable" employment available--and entered a world of hardship, humiliation, and loneliness. Written with a realism that shocked critics, this biting social commentary offers a sympathetic portrait of Agnes and a moving indictment of her brutish and haughty employers. Separated from her family and friends by many miles, paid little more than subsistence wages, Agnes stands alone--both in society at large and in a household where she is neither family member nor servant. Agnes Grey remains a landmark in the literature of social history. In addition to its challenge to the era's chauvinism and materialism, it features a first-person narrative that offers a rare opportunity to hear the voice of a Victorian working woman. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Governesses -- Fiction.
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Literature.
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| Added Author |
Leishman, Virginia.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781501929519 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1501929518 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT13522830 |
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