Which Brontë sister wrote the novel 'Agnes Grey'?

Anne Brontë wrote the novel Agnes Grey.

Agnes Grey was Anne’s first novel and was published in 1847 under her pseudonym, Acton Bell. It appeared in a three-volume edition alongside Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, while Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre was published separately in the same year. The novel follows Agnes, a young woman who becomes a governess after her family’s financial circumstances change.

The story draws heavily on Anne’s own experiences. She worked as a governess for the Ingham family at Blake Hall in 1839 and later for the Robinson family at Thorp Green Hall from 1840 to 1845. Episodes involving difficult children, demanding employers, and the isolation of governess work echo those experiences.

Readers sometimes confuse Agnes Grey with Jane Eyre because both feature governess heroines. Their approaches differ: Anne’s novel is quieter and more realistic, concentrating on everyday humiliation, emotional restraint, education, and the treatment of women and animals. Anne later wrote The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, published in 1848.