Agnes Grey

A failed financial investment puts the Grey family on the brink of poverty, and Agnes, driven by a desire to help her relatives, decides to become a maid in a wealthy family. Full of faith in human nobility and kindness,... the young lady sets out into a world where children are rude and spoiled, and arrogant parents mistake the maid for a housekeeper. A source of comfort for her becomes the clergyman Mr. Weston — the only enlightened and sensitive person in her now cold and ruthless surroundings. "Agnes Grey" is a novel by Anne Brontë, the youngest of the three renowned sisters. A classic of English literature, the book will delight all fans of Jane Austen and Charlotte Brontë — as well as anyone who loves to read unadapted prose in English.