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Agnes Grey

by Anne Brontë

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Autobiographical fictionEngland -- FictionSingle women -- FictionGovernesses -- FictionFeminist fiction

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  1. 01Front matter~1 min
  2. 02CHAPTER I. THE PARSONAGE — part 1~23 min
  3. 03CHAPTER I. THE PARSONAGE — part 2~6 min
  4. 04CHAPTER II. FIRST LESSONS IN THE ART OF INSTRUCTION~17 min
  5. 05CHAPTER III. A FEW MORE LESSONS — part 1~25 min
  6. 06CHAPTER III. A FEW MORE LESSONS — part 2~2 min
  7. 07CHAPTER IV. THE GRANDMAMMA~20 min
  8. 08CHAPTER V. THE UNCLE~15 min
  9. 09CHAPTER VI. THE PARSONAGE AGAIN~13 min
  10. 10CHAPTER VII. HORTON LODGE — part 1~25 min
  11. 11CHAPTER VII. HORTON LODGE — part 2~11 min
  12. 12CHAPTER VIII. THE “COMING OUT”~6 min
  13. 13CHAPTER IX. THE BALL~10 min
  14. 14CHAPTER X. THE CHURCH~12 min
  15. 15CHAPTER XI. THE COTTAGERS — part 1~25 min
  16. 16CHAPTER XI. THE COTTAGERS — part 2~11 min
  17. 17CHAPTER XII. THE SHOWER~10 min
  18. 18CHAPTER XIII. THE PRIMROSES~16 min
  19. 19CHAPTER XIV. THE RECTOR — part 1~24 min
  20. 20CHAPTER XIV. THE RECTOR — part 2~8 min
  21. 21CHAPTER XV. THE WALK~16 min
  22. 22CHAPTER XVI. THE SUBSTITUTION~9 min
  23. 23CHAPTER XVII. CONFESSIONS~24 min
  24. 24CHAPTER XVIII. MIRTH AND MOURNING — part 1~25 min
  25. 25CHAPTER XVIII. MIRTH AND MOURNING — part 2~4 min
  26. 26CHAPTER XX. THE FAREWELL~13 min
  27. 27CHAPTER XXI. THE SCHOOL~15 min
  28. 28CHAPTER XXII. THE VISIT~19 min
  29. 29CHAPTER XXIII. THE PARK~10 min
  30. 30CHAPTER XXIV. THE SANDS~14 min

A few words to begin

All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity, that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut. Whether this be the case with my history or not, I am hardly competent to judge. I sometimes think it might prove useful to some, and entertaining to others; but the world may judge for itself. Shielded by my own obscurity, and by the lapse of years, and a few fictitious names, I do not fear to venture; and will candidly lay before the public what I would not disclose to the most intimate friend. My father was a clergyman of the north of England, who was deservedly respected by all who knew him; and, in his younger days, lived pretty comfortably on the joint income of a small incumbency and a snug little property of his own. My mother, who married him against the wishes of her friends, was a squire’s daughter, and a woman of spirit. In vain it was represented to her, that if she became the poor parson’s wife, she must relinquish her carriage and her lady’s-maid, and all the luxuries and elegancies of affluence; which to her were little less than the necessaries of life. A carriage and a lady’s-maid were great conveniences; but, thank heaven, she had feet to carry her, and hands to minister to her own necessities. An elegant house and spacious grounds were not …

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