Agnes Grey (dramatic reading)
by Anne Bront? (1820-1849)
audiobook
Agnes Grey is the daughter of a minister, whose family comes to financial ruin. Desperate to earn money to care for herself, she takes one of the few jobs allowed to respectable women in the early Victorian era, as a governess to the children of the wealthy. In working with two different families, the Bloomfields and the Murrays, she comes to learn about the troubles that face a young woman who must try to rein in unruly, spoiled Read more [...]
Category: Victorian literature
Cranford audiobook
by Elizabeth Gaskell (1810-1865)
Cranford is the best-known novel of the 19th century English writer Elizabeth Gaskell. It was first published in 1851 as a serial in the magazine Household Words, which was edited by Charles Dickens. (Summary from Wikipedia
Cranford
Miss Matty and Peter
Author(s)
Elizabeth Gaskell
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Genre(s)
Victorian literature
Publisher
Household Words
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