Forfatter fødeår: 1820 1849
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.
Part of our collection of Young Adult Classics, a Victorian coming-of-age story.
In Agnes Grey Anne Brontë drew on her own experiences as a governess, trying to cope with unmanageable children with little respect from her employer. It combines a wonderful study of... Læs mere
Anne Brontë’s classic debut novel about life as a Victorian governess, with a new introduction by historian and biographer Juliet Barker.
A passionate tale of betrayal, this story of a man's alcoholic decline, marital breakdown and its effect on children, and the position of women in Victorian society is told... Læs mere
Discover the lesser-known but brilliant novel by the hugely under-appreciated Anne Brontë. When Agnes’s father loses the family savings, young Agnes determines to make her own living – as a governess.
'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.