Agnes Grey Audiobook In A Card
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AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER. DISPATCHING 1ST SEPTEMBER
Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë is now available as an Audiobook in a Card – a beautiful greeting card that unlocks the complete audiobook.
About the book:
In her daring first novel, the youngest Brontë sister drew upon her own experiences to tell the unvarnished truth about life as a governess. Like Agnes Grey, Anne Bronte was a young middle-class Victorian lady whose family fortunes had faltered. Like so many other unmarried women of the 19th century, Bronte accepted the only "respectable" employment available - and entered a world of hardship, humiliation, and loneliness. Written 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.
Agnes Grey 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.
Perfect for: birthdays, Mother's Day, Christmas
A thoughtful gift for: Anne Brontë fans, classic readers, teachers, book lovers
Categories: classic literature, women's fiction, literary fiction
Narrator: Rachel Bavidge
Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins