What is Agnes Grey?
{{italictitle}} {{infobox Book|<!-- See [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Novels]] or [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Books]] --> | name = Agnes Grey | title_orig = | translator = | image = Agnes Grey.jpg | image_caption = | author = [[Anne Brontë]] | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = [[United Kingdom]] | language = [[English language|English]] | series = | genre = [[Victorian literature]] | publisher = Thomas Cautley Newby | release_date = 1847 | english_release_date = | media_type = | pages = | isbn = | preceded_by = | followed_by = [[The Tenant of Wildfell Hall]] }} '''''Agnes Grey, A Novel''''' is the first [[novel]] written by the [[England|English]] author [[Anne Brontë]] and first [[Publishing|published]] in [[1847 in literature|1847]]. The novel is about a [[governess]] of that name and is said to be based on Anne Brontë's own experiences. Like her sister [[Charlotte Brontë|Charlotte]]'s novel ''[[Jane Eyre]]'', it addresses the uncertainty of the position of a governess. == Plot == Agnes Grey is the daughter of Mr. Grey, a [[Minister (Christianity)|minister]] who is not very rich, and Mrs. Grey, a woman who left her wealthy family and married out of [[love]]. Mr. Grey tries to make more money, but he end up losing money in an [[investment]]. That plunges the family into [[debt]]. Agnes, her sister Mary, and their mother all try to keep expenses low and bring in extra money, but Agnes is [[Frustration|frustrated]] that everyone treats her like a child. To prove herself and to earn money for the family, she wants to be a governess. Eventually, she is offered a position, and gets her parents' permission. With some doubt about how it would be to be governess, she travels to to work for the Bloomfield family. The Bloomfields are rich and much crueller than Agnes had expected. Mrs. Bloomfield pampers her children while Mr. Bloomfield constantl