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內容簡介 懷著理想的純樸家庭女教師，輾轉於充斥畸形心理的上流社會，該如何保有自我，捉住屬於她的幸福。鄉村小牧師之女艾格妮絲長大了，為求實現教育理念並幫助家計，勇敢投入家庭教師行列。新手教師艾格妮絲冀望成為孩童的「守護天使」，誰知這些小少爺、小小姐早已在豪富雙親的冷漠卸責作風中造就出扭曲性格。「所有真實歷史皆潛藏訓義」，艾格妮絲遭遇的兩段教師經歷，讓她對教育與人類情感產生了困惑與質疑，難道「聽話和順從就是家庭女教師所應扮演的角色」嗎？美麗的羅莎莉‧莫瑞小姐刻意勾引男性滿足虛榮心卻無往不利，難道貴族社會的淑女、紳士個個表裡不一嗎？艾格妮絲把這些思緒剖白記錄在日記中，將她愛慕對象所摘贈的櫻草花壓在書裡，點點滴滴摸索出幸福真諦，等待著如願以償的那天……本中文書介出自《艾格妮絲．格雷》好讀出版有限公司出版HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics.‘It is foolish to wish for beauty. Sensible people never either desire it for themselves or care about it in others. If the mind be but well cultivated, and the heart well disposed, no one ever cares for the exterior.’Anne Brontë’s debut novel tells the story of Agnes Grey, a young woman who is determined to seek work as a governess after her family becomes impoverished. Drawing upon her own experiences as a governess, Anne describes the isolation, insensitivity and occasional harsh treatment bestowed on women in her position by their employers and through Agnes, demonstrates the resilience, integrity and survival of one woman in the face of upper class snobbery and changing social values."
