Agnes Grey
is a novel published in 1847 and written by Anne Brontë,
the younger sister of Charlotte and Emily Brontë.
Agnes Grey, the protagonist of Anne’s novel, is a girl who has grown in a happy family, in contrast to the protagonists of Jane Eyre (by Charlotte Brontë) and Wuthering Heights (by Emily Brontë), her sisters’ masterpieces. Her dad is a minister, while her mum is woman who has given up her prosperity for love.
