Agnes Grey

This classic novel narrates the life of Agnes Grey, a poor clergyman’s daughter who works as a governess to ease her family’s financial strain. She endures rude, undisciplined children and cold, ungrateful employers in two wealthy households. Later, she meets the gentle, kind curate Mr. Weston, develops sincere affection for him amid loneliness and unfair treatment. After her father’s death, Agnes and her mother run a small girls’ school, and she is finally reunited with Mr. Weston to gain a peaceful happy life.