Forfatter fødeår: 1820 1849
'A powerful novel of expectation, love, oppression, sin, religion and betrayal' Daily Mail When the mysterious and beautiful young widow Helen Graham becomes the new tenant at Wildfell Hall rumours immediately begin to swirl around her.
Da familien Grey mister hele sin formue, søger den yngste datter, Agnes, en stilling som guvernante. Hun ankommer til Bloomfields herresæde lykkelig for at kunne bidrage til sin families... Læs mere
A sometimes violent and brutal tale of love and betrayal, separation and reconciliation, set in the familiar Bronte landscape of bleak houses in moorland settings.
An expose of the frequently isolated, intellectually stagnant and emotionally-starved conditions under which many governesses worked in the mid-19th century, Agnes Grey has a power and poignancy which mark it out as a landmark work of literature
Da en ung, smuk kvinde flytter ind på det faldefærdige Wildfell Hall blot med en kammerpige og en lille dreng som ledsagere, løber sladderen i den lille by: Hvem er den mystiske... Læs mere
Gilbert Markham is deeply intrigued by Helen Graham, a beautiful and secretive young woman who has moved into nearby Wildfell Hall with her young son. He is quick to offer... Læs mere
Anne Bronte, en af de tre berømte Bronte-søstre, skrev under pseudonymet Acton Bell, hvad mange vist ikke er klar over. Her er en af hendes mest berømte bøger i den originale engelske udgave.
Da en ung smuk kvinde flytter ind på det faldefærdige Wildfell Hall med kun en kammerpige og en lille dreng som ledsagere, bliver den lille by druknet i sladder om den... Læs mere
Da en ung smuk kvinde flytter ind på det faldefærdige Wildfell Hall med kun en kammerpige og en lille dreng som ledsagere, bliver den lille by druknet i sladder om den... Læs mere
Da familien Grey mister hele sin formue i en økonomisk fejlspekulation, beslutter den yngste og forkælede datter, Agnes, at finde arbejde som guvernante, både for at bidrage til familiens... Læs mere
When her family becomes impoverished after a disastrous financial speculation, Agnes Grey determines to find work as a governess in order to contribute to their meagre income and assert her... Læs mere
A mysterious tenant, Helen Graham, unmasked not as a 'wicked woman' as the local gossips would have it, but as the estranged wife of a brutal alcoholic bully, desperate to protect her son.