To truly enjoy reading literary classics you have to be transported back to a place and time that’s very different from our own. In Anne Brontë’s time, single women had very few career choices. Among the available ones open to an educated single woman were governessing and writing. Anne Brontë was one of six children, and one of the three Brontë sisters who were superb writers – the other two being Charlotte (Jane Eyre) and Emily (Wuthering Heights). Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë is a tale of the experiences of a governess. The story is somewhat autobiographical because Brontë was a governess and had a very bad experience with her … [Read more...]
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