Having lost the family savings on risky investments, Richard Grey removes himself from family life and suffers a bout of depression. Feeling helpless and frustrated, his youngest daughter, Agnes, applies for a job as a governess to the children of a wealthy, upper-class, English family. Ecstatic at the thought that she has finally gained control and freedom over her own life, Agnes arrives at the Bloomfield mansion armed with confidence and purpose. The cruelty with which the family treat her however, slowly but surely strips the heroine of all dignity and belief in humanity.

To be fully honest here, this book have really surprised me in a good way. Because I wasn’t expecting to like this book because until now most classics I read left me not wanting to pick up another classic book ever again.

This book was very interesting and intriguing. It really hooked me up and I couldn’t stop reading it, because I really wanted to know how it would end. 

And to learn that this book was written from the author’s experience and perspective as a governess really made me like this book even more. 

The plot in this book is very straightforward which means that it is very easy to follow. The plot sets a really comfortable mood to it which I just couldn’t help myself but love. 

The characters in this book are very good, and it was just an pure joy to getting to know every character in this book. Expect of the two kids whom Agnes Grey needed to take off because she work as a governess. 

Every character in this book feels like a real human being and not like a fictional character made in 1847. And every time it happens in a book I just can’t but fall in love with the book.

The writing style in this book was amazing. And simply from the writing style alone I just can’t believe why haven’t read anything by Anne Brontë until now. But now that I read this book I will keep reading her other novels because her writing style really got me hooked.

I Give This Book 4 / 5