Agnes Grey, by Anne Brontë
You don't have to read many 19th century novels before you start to realize that something happened about halfway through the century that resulted in subtle but extensive changes that in English literature: George Eliot and Charles Dickens share many traits--a certain ponderousness, a grandeur of vision, and many similarities in terms of plot and arche…
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