Macmillan Collector's Library: Agnes Grey

Drawing on her own experience, Anne Brontë exposes the isolated world of a nineteenth-century governess in her debut novel, Agnes Grey.

Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. This edition is introduced by historian and biographer, Juliet Barker.

Agnes Gray is the youngest daughter of a clergyman. When the family falls on hard times, she insists on finding work as a governess in order to help her family de ella and prove to them that she's no longer a child. But her de ella idealistic spirit is tested in her first position de ella with the Bloomfield family and their unruly and spoilt children. Next she works for the even wealthier Murray family, whose scheming daughter Rosalie threatens to jeopardize the only bright spot in Agnes's life de ella: the young curate Edward Weston.