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In her Introduction to an edition of "Agnes Grey," Barbara A. Suess writes "Bronte provides a portrait of the governess that is as sympathetic as her fictional indictment of the shallow, selfish moneyed class is biting."
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- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- unpretentiousprestige
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About the book
- Author
- Anne Brontë
- First published
- 1931
- Pages
- 192
- Publisher
- EDIMAT LIBROS, AD Classic, Arcturus Publishing
- Editions
- 616
- Language
- Spanish, khm, French, Portuguese
- ISBN
- 9798754568679
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