Agnes Grey by Robert Inglesfield (English) Paperback Book

Description: Agnes Grey by Robert Inglesfield, Hilda Marsden, Sally Shuttleworth, Anne Brontë 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 Victorian responses to children with a story of romantic love, and this new edition does full justice to its fictional as well as its autobiographical qualities. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description How delightful it would be to be a governess! When the young Agnes Grey takes up her first post as governess she is full of hope; she believes she only has to remember myself at their age to win her pupils love and trust. Instead she finds the young children she has to deal with completely unmanageable. They are, as she observes to her mother, unimpressible, incomprehensible creatures. In writing her first novel,Anne Brontë drew on her own experiences, and one can trace in the work many of the trials of the Victorian governess, often stranded far from home, and treated with little respect by her employers, yet expected to controland educate her young charges. Agnes Grey looks at childhood from nursery to adolescence, and it also charts the frustrations of romantic love, as Agnes starts to nurse warmer feelings towards the local curate, Mr Weston. The novel combines astute dissection of middle-class social behaviour and class attitudes with a wonderful study of Victorian responses to young children which has parallels with debates about education that continue to this day.ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship, providingthe most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. Notes A new edition, with introduction by Sally Shuttleworth. Author Biography Sally Shuttleworth has edited several long-standing editions for OWC including Lorna Doone, North and South and Jane Eyre (introduction and revised notes). Her book The Mind of the Child: Child Development in Literature, Science, and Medicine, 1840-1900 is forthcoming from OUP, 2010. Review Review from previous edition From a review of the previous edition: Long Description How delightful it would be to be a governess! When the young Agnes Grey takes up her first post as governess she is full of hope; she believes she only has to remember myself at their age to win her pupils love and trust. Instead she finds the young children she has to deal with completely unmanageable. They are, as she observes to her mother, unimpressible, incomprehensible creatures. In writing her first novel,Anne Brontë drew on her own experiences, and one can trace in the work many of the trials of the Victorian governess, often stranded far from home, and treated with little respect by her employers, yet expected to controland educate her young charges. Agnes Grey looks at childhood from nursery to adolescence, and it also charts the frustrations of romantic love, as Agnes starts to nurse warmer feelings towards the local curate, Mr Weston. The novel combines astute dissection of middle-class social behaviour and class attitudes with a wonderful study of Victorian responses to young children which has parallels with debates about education that continue to this day. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship, providingthe most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. Feature Agnes Grey is based on Anne Brontës own experiences as a governess and is full of interest both for its autobiographical content and its powerful depiction of the plight of the governess in Victorian society.Fascinating introduction considers the books fictional and narrative qualities and its relationship with Victorian discourses on child-rearing and the responsibilities of parents. It examines changing attitudes to the book influenced by modern concerns for childrens rights, which produces more complex responses to Agness treatment and description of her pupils.Sally Shuttleworth brings to bear her in-depth knowledge of the Haworth context and childhood in nineteenth-century literature, medicine, and science, and looks at the representation of childhood cruelty in the novel, as well as the novels portrayal of class and attitudes to women.Revised and updated bibliography.Revised notes drawing on the latest critical material.Retains the authoritative Clarendon text in new setting. Details ISBN0199296987 Pages 240 Year 2010 ISBN-10 0199296987 ISBN-13 9780199296989 Format Paperback Language English Media Book Publication Date 2010-06-10 Imprint Oxford University Press Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by Hilda Marsden Edition Description New Publisher Oxford University Press Series Oxford Worlds Classics Short Title AGNES GREY UK Release Date 2010-06-10 NZ Release Date 2010-06-10 Birth 1980 Affiliation Institute of Physics, Wroclaw University of Technology Position Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Qualifications FBA Author Anne Brontë DEWEY 823.8 Audience General AU Release Date 2010-09-09 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:29990703;

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