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Author(s): Brontë, Anne
Reader(s): Bavidge, Rachel
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Classic Fiction
Catalogue No: NA612812
Barcode: 9789626341285
Release Date: 01/2010
BRONTE, A.: Agnes Grey (Unabridged)
From its opening sentences Agnes Grey introduces a heroine who is honest, perceptive and charming. Unfortunately, the Bloomfields, who engage her as a governess, are rather less appealing, and the incarnation of the suppressed cruelties and hypocrisies of the Victorian age. When Agnes moves to a marginally less alarming family, one of her charges sets out to disrupt her only romantic hope.
Critical, satirical, direct, and honest, Agnes Grey is a fine reflection of its author.
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Disc 1
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1 | Chapter 1: The Parsonage | 05:06 |
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2 | I thought she must have been very happy… | 05:02 |
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3 | Mary did not lament, but she brooded… | 05:11 |
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4 | 'Mary, mamma says I'm to help you…' | 05:47 |
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5 | I was silenced for that day… | 03:41 |
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6 | But some weeks more were yet to be devoted… | 05:28 |
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7 | Chapter 2: First Lessons in The Art of Instruction | 05:50 |
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8 | 'You will find them not very far advanced…' | 05:13 |
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9 | This was very shocking; but I hoped… | 04:22 |
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10 | 'But what would your mamma say?' | 03:09 |
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11 | Chapter 3: A Few More Lessons | 05:12 |
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12 | The beef was set before him… | 04:41 |
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13 | Master Tom, not content with refusing… | 04:29 |
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14 | The task of instruction… | 05:01 |
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15 | With me, at her age… | 05:28 |
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16 | When little Fanny came into the schoolroom… | 04:56 |
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Disc 2
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1 | Chapter 4: The Grandmamma | 05:09 |
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2 | What must I do? | 05:40 |
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3 | I confess I was somewhat troubled… | 05:06 |
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4 | I remember one afternoon in spring… | 03:32 |
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5 | After this, Mr. Bloomfield was continually looking… | 03:10 |
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6 | Chapter 5: The Uncle | 03:09 |
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7 | Mr. Robson likewise encouraged… | 03:19 |
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8 | So saying – urged by a sense of duty… | 04:14 |
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9 | But Mr. Robson and old Mrs. Bloomfield… | 05:41 |
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10 | Chapter 6: The Parsonage Again | 04:54 |
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11 | 'I know I was sulky sometimes…' | 03:37 |
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12 | The advertisement was quickly written… | 04:59 |
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13 | Chapter 7: Horton Lodge | 03:04 |
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14 | Miss Matilda, a strapping hoyden… | 03:20 |
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15 | It was with a strange feeling of desolation… | 04:23 |
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16 | Mrs. Murray was a handsome, dashing lady… | 04:26 |
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17 | Miss Murray, otherwise Rosalie… | 05:18 |
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18 | At sixteen, Miss Murray was something of a romp… | 03:50 |
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Disc 3
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1 | As a moral agent, Matilda was reckless… | 05:01 |
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2 | A few more observations about Horton Lodge… | 04:20 |
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3 | Often they would do their lessons in the open air… | 04:11 |
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4 | Chapter 8: The Coming Out | 06:00 |
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5 | Chapter 9: The Ball | 04:35 |
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6 | 'I have no doubt you looked very charming…' | 05:55 |
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7 | Chapter 10: The Church | 04:25 |
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8 | I did hear him preach, and was decidedly pleased… | 04:30 |
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9 | 'Well, Miss Grey, what do you think of him now?' | 03:21 |
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10 | Chapter 11: The Cottagers | 03:55 |
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11 | One bright day in the last week of February… | 03:55 |
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12 | Accordingly, I finished the chapter… | 04:25 |
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13 | 'But then, you know, Miss Grey…' | 05:36 |
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14 | 'But next day, afore I'd gotten fettled up…' | 04:30 |
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15 | '"It may seem a hard matter," says he…' | 04:31 |
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16 | 'Well, I'm very glad to see you so happy…' | 03:03 |
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17 | In returning to the Lodge I felt very happy… | 04:23 |
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Disc 4
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1 | In stature he was a little, a very little… | 01:39 |
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2 | Chapter 12: The Shower | 05:39 |
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3 | 'Miss Grey,' said he, half-jestingly… | 03:34 |
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4 | Chapter 13: The Primroses | 05:03 |
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5 | As my eyes wandered over the steep banks… | 03:51 |
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6 | 'It is so much that I think I could not live…' | 05:12 |
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7 | 'Now, come, Miss Murray, don't be foolish,' said I… | 03:07 |
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8 | Chapter 14: The Rector | 05:01 |
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9 | According to her prognostications… | 04:41 |
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10 | 'Oh, mamma's so tiresome!' | 04:48 |
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11 | Three days passed away… | 04:16 |
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12 | 'Oh, SUCH news!' | 05:19 |
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13 | '"Pardon me, Miss Murray," said he…' | 04:02 |
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14 | 'Oh, THAT'S it, is it? I was wondering…' | 03:36 |
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15 | Chapter 15: The Walk | 04:07 |
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16 | At length I was called upon… | 05:15 |
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17 | 'But why do you say the only friends…?' | 03:12 |
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18 | After a short pause in the conversation… | 03:26 |
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Disc 5
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1 | Chapter 16: The Substitution | 04:15 |
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2 | 'I would have sent the footman back for you…' | 04:09 |
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3 | Chapter 17: Confessions | 04:44 |
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4 | Now, therefore, let us return to Miss Murray. | 04:44 |
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5 | 'Why don't you tell him, at once…?' | 05:23 |
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6 | All chance meetings on week-days… | 05:07 |
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7 | When we are harassed by sorrows or anxieties… | 05:06 |
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8 | Chapter 18: Mirth and Mourning | 04:50 |
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9 | I walked home with Miss Matilda… | 06:03 |
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10 | I was about to give the lady some idea… | 05:44 |
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11 | 'I was told,' said he… | 05:00 |
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12 | Chapter 19: The Letter | 03:54 |
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13 | We were discussing these affairs… | 03:31 |
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14 | Chapter 20: The Farewell | 05:23 |
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15 | He paused a minute, as if in thought. | 03:45 |
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16 | 'Yes, Edward Weston, I could indeed be happy…' | 04:33 |
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Disc 6
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1 | Chapter 21: The School | 05:46 |
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2 | I cannot say that I implicitly obeyed… | 04:51 |
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3 | 'We have been several days here already,' wrote she. | 03:35 |
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4 | Chapter 22: The Visit | 05:22 |
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5 | The drawing-room was certainly an imposing… | 04:55 |
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6 | Again she brightened up… | 03:56 |
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7 | As I was not rich enough to possess a watch… | 03:56 |
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8 | Chapter 23: The Park | 04:27 |
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9 | Of course, I pitied her exceedingly… | 04:43 |
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10 | Chapter 24: The Sands | 05:24 |
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11 | Presently, I heard a snuffling sound behind me… | 04:40 |
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12 | He looked at me as he concluded… | 03:46 |
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13 | Chapter 25: Conclusion | 04:49 |
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14 | Ceremony was quickly dropped between us… | 03:29 |
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15 | When we had got about half-way up the hill… | 05:04 |
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Total Playing Time: 07:32:45