Agnes Grey a Novel<b> </b>is the debut novel of English author Anne Bronte, <i>Agnes Grey</i> is a trenchant expos&eacute; of the frequently isolated, intellectually stagnant and emotionally starved conditions under which many governesses worked in the mid-nineteenth century. This is a deeply personal novel written from the author&rsquo;s own experience and as such <i>Agnes Grey</i> has a power and poignancy which mark it out as a landmark work of literature dealing with the social and moral evolution of English society during the last century.