Agnes Grey / / Anne Brontë

• Autore: Brontë Anne <1820-1849, >
• Pubblicazione: New York, New York : , : Open Road Media Integrated Media, , 2014; ©1847
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (295 p.)
• Disciplina: 823.8
• Soggetto topico: Governesses - England
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; CHAPTER I-THE PARSONAGE; CHAPTER II-FIRST LESSONS IN THE ART OF INSTRUCTION; CHAPTER III-A FEW MORE LESSONS; CHAPTER IV-THE GRANDMAMMA; CHAPTER V-THE UNCLE; CHAPTER VI-THE PARSONAGE AGAIN; CHAPTER VII-HORTON LODGE; CHAPTER VIII-THE 'COMING OUT'; CHAPTER IX-THE BALL; CHAPTER X-THE CHURCH; CHAPTER XI-THE COTTAGERS; CHAPTER XII-THE SHOWER; CHAPTER XIII-THE PRIMROSES; CHAPTER XIV-THE RECTOR; CHAPTER XV-THE WALK; CHAPTER XVI-THE SUBSTITUTION; CHAPTER XVII-CONFESSIONS; CHAPTER XVIII-MIRTH AND MOURNING; CHAPTER XIX-THE LETTER; CHAPTER XX-THE FAREWELL; CHAPTER XXI-THE SCHOOL ; CHAPTER XXII-THE VISITCHAPTER XXIII-THE PARK; CHAPTER XXIV-THE SANDS; CHAPTER XXV-CONCLUSION; Copyright
• Sommario/riassunto: Anne Brontë's debut novel tells the realistic and moving story of a young governess For well-educated women of lesser means in the mid-nineteenth century, there was only one option for employment that paid decently and provided a sense of dignity: becoming a governess. These young women were tasked with educating the children of the rich in the ways of the world. When the Grey family falls into debt, Agnes is forced to find work as a governess and learns of the misery and cruelty that exist in the landed classes. In her first home, she sees a family with spoiled, abusive children; and in the
• Titolo autorizzato: Agnes Grey
• ISBN: 1-5040-0163-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459791303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II