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3.62 AVERAGE
3.62 AVERAGE
emotional
funny
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
dark
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Read this to complete my Brontë catalogue. Interesting read, although fairly predictable.
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Agnes Grey is Anne Bronte's first novel and it is a pretty good story.
After major family financial losses from poor speculations, Agnes becomes a governess to make money and to help support her family. The two families she ends up working for both have horrible/bad acting children and the parents/adults are just as bad if not worse than the kids. The main point of the plot is to illustrate the general plight of governesses during Bronte's time. They were expected to basically become parents to their charges and while the examples given in this story are a bit extreme they do show probably a lot of what Anne Bronte herself went through when she worked as a governess. This novel is said to be partly autobiographical of Anne.
There are some additional themes in Agnes Grey - it is a love story for Agnes, and Agnes also attempts to teach the children to treat animals better. One thing I've found after reading Agnes Grey and Tenant of Wildfell Hall this year is that Anne Bronte's female protagonists in both stories base their outlook on life, and philosophy on their strong faith in God. Because of that, I can only assume that belief and faith in God was likely very important to Anne in her own life.
I know I shouldn't but when I compare Agnes Grey to Tenant of Wildfell Hall, this one fell short in the characterization department for me. I didn't see much change in the characters, but it was an overall good story. I do have to say that I like Anne's more direct/less florid writing style than than her sisters' styles in both of her books that I've read.
So, overall Agnes Grey was pretty good, but it doesn't hold a candle (at least not to me) to Tenant of Wildfell Hall, which is my favorite of all the Bronte novels.
After major family financial losses from poor speculations, Agnes becomes a governess to make money and to help support her family. The two families she ends up working for both have horrible/bad acting children and the parents/adults are just as bad if not worse than the kids. The main point of the plot is to illustrate the general plight of governesses during Bronte's time. They were expected to basically become parents to their charges and while the examples given in this story are a bit extreme they do show probably a lot of what Anne Bronte herself went through when she worked as a governess. This novel is said to be partly autobiographical of Anne.
There are some additional themes in Agnes Grey - it is a love story for Agnes, and Agnes also attempts to teach the children to treat animals better. One thing I've found after reading Agnes Grey and Tenant of Wildfell Hall this year is that Anne Bronte's female protagonists in both stories base their outlook on life, and philosophy on their strong faith in God. Because of that, I can only assume that belief and faith in God was likely very important to Anne in her own life.
I know I shouldn't but when I compare Agnes Grey to Tenant of Wildfell Hall, this one fell short in the characterization department for me. I didn't see much change in the characters, but it was an overall good story. I do have to say that I like Anne's more direct/less florid writing style than than her sisters' styles in both of her books that I've read.
So, overall Agnes Grey was pretty good, but it doesn't hold a candle (at least not to me) to Tenant of Wildfell Hall, which is my favorite of all the Bronte novels.
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
slow-paced
It was not a bad book, but it didn't stand out to me as well, for sure.