Who wrote the novel Agnes Grey, in 1847?
Agnes Grey that his "preoccupation with style must have blinded him to the persistence of her moral purpose" of Agnes Grey. Agnes Grey Agnes Grey, A Novel is the debut novel of English author Anne Brontë (writing under the pen name of Acton Bell), first published in December 1847, and republished in a second edition in 1850. The novel follows Agnes Grey, a governess, as she works within families of the English gentry. Scholarship and comments by Anne's sister Charlotte Brontë suggest the novel is largely based on Anne Brontë's own experiences as a governess for five years. Like her sister Charlotte's
Agnes Grey more subdued claims admiring "Agnes Grey" with a less overt praise of Brontë's work than Moore. The genesis of "Agnes Grey" was attributed by Edward Chitham to the reflections on life found in Anne's diary of 31 July 1845. It is likely that Anne was the first of the Brontë sisters to write a work of prose for publication, although "Agnes Grey", "Wuthering Heights", and "Jane Eyre" were all published within the same year: 1847. Anne's novel was eventually published by Thomas Newby in a triple-volume format: Emily's "Wuthering Heights" made up the first two volumes (by virtue of it