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But Agnes’s enthusiasm is swiftly extinguished as she struggles first with the unmanageable Bloomfield children and then with the painful disdain of the haughty Murray family; the only kindness she receives comes from Mr. Weston, the sober young curate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAgnes Grey\u003c\/em\u003e, Anne Brontë’s first novel, which draws on her own experiences, offers a compelling personal perspective on the desperate position of unmarried, educated women for whom becoming a governess was the only respectable career open to them in Victorian society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47647663358188,"sku":"9781435172715","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/f547f4ef98a6ab5992551173d65658a0.jpg?v=1779235899"},{"product_id":"the-tenant-of-wildfell-hall-by-anne-bronte-9780198125969","title":"The Tenant of Wildfell Hall","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume completes the acclaimed Clarendon Edition of the Novels of the Brontës. \u003cem\u003eThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall\u003c\/em\u003e, Anne Brontë's second (and last) novel, was published in June 1848, less than a year before her death. It is the sombre account of the breakdown of a marriage in the face of alcoholism and infidelity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWriting with a power not usually associated with the youngest of the Brontë sisters, Anne portrays the decline of an aristocratic husband whose drunken excesses and domestic violence force his loving wife into a reluctant rebellion. The novel enjoyed a modest success that led its publisher, the unscrupulous T. C. Newby, to issue a 'Second Edition' less than two months later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe present volume offers a text based on the collation of the first edition with the second (really a re-issue of the first, with a few corrections). 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But as the captivated Gilbert Markham will discover, it is not the story circulating among local gossips. Living under an assumed name, \u003cem\u003eHelen Graham\u003c\/em\u003e is the estranged wife of a dissolute rake, desperate to protect her son from his destructive influence. Her diary entries reveal the shocking world of debauchery and cruelty from which she has fled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCombining a sensational story of a man's physical and moral decline through alcohol, a study of marital breakdown, a disquisition on the care and upbringing of children, and a hard-hitting critique of the position of women in Victorian society, this passionate tale of betrayal is set within a stern moral framework tempered by Anne Brontë's optimistic belief in universal redemption. Drawing on her first-hand experiences with her brother Branwell, Brontë's novel scandalised contemporary readers. 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