Agnes GreyĬharlotte wasn't the only Brontë with writing talent, so it is no surprise that the debut novel of her sister Anne is also a great read. Although Jane Eyre is definitely her most well known and beloved story, Villette is held in even higher esteem by many critics.

One area where Villette delves even deeper than Jane Eyre is the manner in which Charlotte weaved psychological elements into the story. It features the same Gothic mysticism as Jane Eyre, while also featuring a female protagonist who has to forge her own path in a world that doesn't care about her plight. VilletteĬharlotte sadly passed away at a young age, but she did write another novel with similar themes to Jane Eyre, called Villette. Whether it is one of your favorite tales or you only recently discovered the story and want to experience something similar, don't miss out on the following books like Jane Eyre. Thankfully, over time, readers have come to appreciate the uniqueness of the book and it has been hugely influential. However, it also approached other topics, such as class and religion in a way that wasn't done before. The fact that Charlotte wasn't afraid to tackle subjects such as feminism and sexuality made Jane Eyre a controversial book when it was released. The protagonist of the tale is Jane and the story deals with her growing up, becoming an adult and falling in love. Gilbert and Susan Gubar in The Madwoman in the Attic (1979), the chapter argues that Agnes Grey reworks the tropes of imprisonment, a split sense of self, and a deviant double and that it constitutes a noteworthy contribution to Victorian literary representations of female identities.Jane Eyre, which was written by Charlotte Brontë and published in 1847, is a good example of a classic novel that was ahead of its time. Relating Brontë’s novel to nineteenth-century women’s writing as analysed by Sandra M. The chapter demonstrates that besides engaging in topics such as women and work, religion, education, and human-animal relationships, Agnes Grey both unwittingly reflects and consciously condemns an oppressive class and gender ideology that curtails the scope of female agency. This makes Agnes Grey interesting both from a psychological point of view and as a historical document giving insight into the situation of English middle-class women in the 1840s.

This chapter argues that Anne Brontë’s Agnes Grey (1847) is comparable to its eponymous heroine and to standard portrayals of its author: under the ostensibly self-controlled, plain, and unassertive exterior linger hidden depths of anger and despair.

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