![]() As her part, Agnes thinks of becoming a Governess even though she had been the pet of the family, treated almost like a fifteen-year-old at the age of nineteen. As Mr.Grey’s health condition deteriorates, Agnes’ elder sister Mary decides to sell her paintings to support the family. Grey lacks financial inklings and further plunges in debt after a bad investment decision. ![]() However, Mrs.Grey is happy in her humble abode teaching her two girls to be industrious and morally right. Her mother was ousted from the family’s wealth for marrying a poor clergyman. “I began this book with the intention of concealing nothing that those who liked might have the benefit of perusing a fellowcreature’s heart: but we have some thoughts that all the angels in heaven are welcome to behold, but not our brother-men-not even the best and kindest amongst them.” The PlotĪgnes is the younger of the two daughters in the Grey family. Anne Bronte addresses ‘the reader’ just like Charlotte Bronte. There are many parallels between the two narratives, both chronicle the story of a young and poor Governess, not befitting the societal notions of beauty and moralistically headstrong. ![]() Perhaps the Cinderella twist in ‘Jane Eyre’, Mr.Rochester riding on a horse sweeping the dreamy heroine off her feet held a greater appeal. ![]() And, it is an irony that ‘ Agnes Grey’ was written a year before ‘ Jane Eyre’ though published around the same time in the year 1847, the latter became a more popular Classic. Reading ‘ Agnes Grey’ brought with it the memories of reading ‘ Jane Eyre’. ![]()
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