{"product_id":"9781593083236","title":"Agnes Grey (Barnes \u0026 Noble Classics Series)","description":"\u003ci\u003eAgnes Grey\u003c\/i\u003e, by \u003cb\u003eAnne Bronte\u003c\/b\u003e, is part of the \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics\u003c\/i\u003e: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNew introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBiographies of the authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFootnotes and endnotes \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComments by other famous authors \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStudy questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliographies for further reading \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndices \u0026amp; Glossaries, when appropriate\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003eAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. \u003ci\u003eBarnes \u0026amp; Noble Classics \u003c\/i\u003epulls together a constellation of influences—biographical, historical, and literary—to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten when women—and workers generally—had few rights in England, \u003ci\u003eAgnes Grey\u003c\/i\u003e exposes the brutal inequities of the rigid class system in mid-nineteenth century Britain. Agnes comes from a respectable middle-class family, but their financial reverses have forced her to seek work as a governess. Pampered and protected at home, she is unprepared for the harsh reality of a governess’s life. At the Bloomfields and later the Murrays, she suffers under the snobbery and sadism of the selfish, self-indulgent upper-class adults and the shrieking insolence of their spoiled children. Worse, the unique social and economic position of a governess—“beneath” her employers but “above” their servants—condemns her to a life of loneliness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLess celebrated than her older sisters Charlotte and Emily, \u003cb\u003eAnne Bronte\u003c\/b\u003e was also less interested in spinning wildly symbolic, romantic tales and more determined to draw realistic images of conditions in Victorian England that need changing. While Charlotte’s \u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e features a governess who eventually and improbably marries her employer, \u003ci\u003eAgnes Grey\u003c\/i\u003e deals with the actual experiences of middle-class working women, experiences Anne had herself endured during her hateful tenure as a governess. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFred Schwarzbach\u003c\/b\u003e serves as Associate Dean and teaches in the General Studies Program of New York University. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eDickens and the City\u003c\/i\u003e, the editor of \u003ci\u003eVictorian Artists and the City\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDickens’s American Notes\u003c\/i\u003e, a contributor to the \u003ci\u003eOxford Reader’s Companion to Dickens\u003c\/i\u003e, and the author of scores of articles, essays, and reviews on Victorian life and letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47048700985584,"sku":"9781593083236","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781593083236_p0.jpg?v=1763810347","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781593083236","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}