(1847)This is the debut novel of Anne Bronte. It deals with issues of oppression and abuse of women and governesses, isolation and empathy. An additional theme is the fair treatment of animals. Agnes Grey also mimics some of the stylistic approaches of bildungsromans, employing ideas of personal growth and coming to age, but representing a character who in fact does not gain in virtue.Anne Bronte drew on her own life and work experience as a governess to write this story. She focuses on the detail of life in a manor house set in the moors of England. Anne the heroine is young and idealistic when she starts work as a teacher. And even though she increases her experience, she keeps her sweetness and strength. Patience and virtue are rewarded in the story. This story also shows a quiet but sharp critique and satire of the class life of the times. Bronte\'s style has been described as gothic but realistic rather than romantic, and similar to Jane Austen.