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Agnes Grey (Dramatic Reading)

Agnes Grey (Dramatic Reading)

By: Anne Brontë
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Agnes Grey is the daughter of a minister, whose family comes to financial ruin. Desperate to earn money to care for herself, she takes one of the few jobs allowed to respectable women in the early Victorian era, as a governess to the children of the wealthy. In working with two different families, the Bloomfields and the Murrays, she comes to learn about the troubles that face a young woman who must try to rein in unruly, spoiled children for a living, and about the ability of wealth and status to destroy social values. After her father's death, Agnes opens a small school with her mother and finds happiness with a man who loves her for herself. (Summary by Wikipedia) Cast:Narrator/Mary Grey/Grandmama Bloomfield: CaprishaPageAgnes Grey: Amanda FridayEdward Weston: Max KörlingeAlice Grey: Tiffany Halla ColonnaRichard Grey: Aidan BrackMr. Murray/Uncle Robson: AnthonyMrs. Murray/Jem's Wife: Elizabeth KlettRosalie Murray: Arielle LipshawMatilda Murray: Elizabeth BarrMr. Hatfield: Algy PugJem/Mr. Smith: Martin GeesonServant: Charlotte DuckettNancy Brown: Beth ThomasMrs. Bloomfield: Victoria MartinTom Bloomfield: GraceMary Ann Bloomfield: April GonzalesMr. Bloomfield: Robert HoffmanBetty: KristingjAudio edited by Amanda FridayCopyright Drama Genre Art Literary History & Criticism Literature & Fiction
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