Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte

This book surprised me.  It was awfully realistic for a novel by a Bronte sister!  Like Jane Eyre, it is the story of a young woman, Agnes Grey, who becomes a governess in Victorian England.  She works for two different families during the story and struggles with the resulting experiences.  She ends up starting a school with her mother.

I enjoyed this book.  The prose is simple and straightforward.  Sometimes it is clever and witty.  It is a fairly long book but reads really easily, so it goes quickly.  It is worth the time.