Agnes Grey - Oxford World's Classics Author:Anne Brontė Drawing directly on her own experiences, Anne Brontė describes the isolation and dark ambiguity of the governess's life as lived by her fictional heroine Agnes Grey. Mature, insightful, and edged with a quiet irony, this first novel by the youngest of the Brontės displays her keen sense of moral responsibility and sharp eye for bourgeois attitud... more »es and behavior.« less