{"product_id":"agnes-grey-9780486451213","title":"Agnes Grey","description":"In her daring first novel, the youngest Bront  sister drew upon her own experiences to tell the unvarnished truth about life as a governess. Like Agnes Grey, Anne Bront  was a young middle-class Victorian lady whose family fortunes had faltered. Like so many other unmarried women of the nineteenth century, Bront  accepted the only \"respectable\" employment available--and entered a world of hardship, humiliation, and loneliness.\u003cbr\u003eWritten with a realism that shocked critics, this biting social commentary offers a sympathetic portrait of Agnes and a moving indictment of her brutish and haughty employers. Separated from her family and friends by many miles, paid little more than subsistence wages, Agnes stands alone--both in society at large and in a household where she is neither family member nor servant. \u003ci\u003eAgnes Grey\u003c\/i\u003e remains a landmark in the literature of social history. In addition to its challenge to the era's chauvinism and materialism, it features a first-person narrative that offers a rare opportunity to hear the voice of a Victorian working woman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780486451213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 153\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.24h x 5.28w x 0.50d","brand":"Anne Bront\u0026#235;","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36637819240604,"sku":"9780486451213","price":4.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6fa8908d-91b2-4753-ac6d-e9645fc42e74.jpg?v=1603845759","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/agnes-grey-9780486451213","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}