Anne Bronte (1820-1849) was an English novelist and poet who didn't live long enough to give the world all she could have, but she did write Agnes Grey, which is now generally considered a classic in English and Western literature. Bronte and her sisters attempted to write several different novels and stories, eventually publishing a volume of poems under male pseudonyms entitled Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell. Most of the poetry was Emily's, but it didn't get popular reviews, leading the sisters to begin novels. Of all the sisters' works, it is Emily's Wuthering Heights that has aged...

Agnes Grey est la fille cadette d'un pasteur. Sa famille se retrouve dans une mauvaise passe financiere et pour l'aider, Agnes decide de devenir gouvernante. Son passage dans deux familles va lui reveler que la situation de gouvernante n'est pas des plus faciles. Anne, la plus jeune des soeurs Bronte, s'est appuyee sur sa propre experience de gouvernante pour ecrire ce premier roman dans lequel elle denonce les carences educatives des enfants dans certaines familles riches."

"Agnes Grey" par Anne Bronte. Anne Bronte etait une femme de lettres britannique (1820 - 1849)."

The Bronte sisters' most shocking novel, the Tenant of Wildfell hall is a powerful and even violent book about love, betrayal, and religion.

"Agnes Grey" from Anne Bronte. British novelist and poet, the youngest member of the Bronte literary family (1820-1849)."

"The Tenant of the Wildfell Hall" from Anne Bronte. British novelist and poet, the youngest member of the Bronte literary family (1820-1849)."

All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity, that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut. Whether this be the case with my history or not, I am hardly competent to judge. I sometimes think it might prove useful to some, and entertaining to others; but the world may judge for itself. Shielded by my own obscurity, and by the lapse of years, and a few fictitious names, I do not fear to venture; and will candidly lay before the public what I would not disclose to the...

-Agnes Grey- de Anne Bronte. Femme de lettres britannique (1820-1849).