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I'm listening to Agnes Grey now. I'm really enjoying it.
... articles) and 52 books in alphabetical order by author's last name. They'll be crossed off as I read them.
A
Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Second Foundation by Isaac Asimov
B
The Be ...
... Setterfield
53. The Secret Diaries of Charlotte Bronte by Syrie James
54. The Magicians: A Novel by Lev Grossman
55. Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
56. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith
57. Ambient Findability by Peter Morville
58. Lilah: A Novel by ...
I am still in Somalia learning about the nature of Secrets, and also in England geting to know Agnes Grey .
Just starting Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte.
I am listening to Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte, and I am reading Secrets by Nuruddin Farah.
I am listening to Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte, and I am reading Secrets by Nuruddin Farah.
Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
... avatiakh, it's always time for a Jane Austen reread! ;)
I'm not such a Bronte fan. I enjoyed both Jane Eyre and Agnes Grey (yes, I know they're different Brontes), but the style of all three of them (yes, I will finish Wuthering Heights one of these days) is a little too OTT for me ...
... for thought. I'll be re-reading it in the next few weeks to spend time on each concept again. Highly recommended.
105. Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte - I didn't even know this book (or this author) existed until this year. I had it on the Kindle and found it an easy read. She certainly ran into ...
... food for thought. I'll be re-reading it in the next few weeks to spend time on each concept again. Highly recommended.
Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte - I didn't even know this book (or this author) existed until this year. I had it on the Kindle and found it an easy read. She certainly ran into ...
Thus far...
Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë
Beauty by Sheri S. Tepper
Chalice by Robin McKinley
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Fire and Hemlock by Diana Wynne Jones
Germans into Nazis by Peter Fritzche
Heir to Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier
Ind ...
... are interested can listen online for up to seven days after airing.
And you can catch a 60-minute adaptation of the VMC Agnes Gray on BBC7 for the next three days.
... My Life – Michael Gates Gill
12. The Prodigal God – Timothy Keller
March
13. Outlander – Diana Gabaldon
14. Agnes Gray – Anne Bronte
15. Lolita – Vladimir Nabokov
16. UR - Stephen King
17. Summer - Edith Wharton
18. Lamb - Christopher Moore
19. Veronika Decides ...
... Heights hmm I have a love/hate relationship with this book -absolutely loved the first half, hated the second half
903. Agnes Grey
904. Jane Eyre My most fav read ever
789. The Turn of the Screw Great and short
790. The War of the Worlds
792. What Maisie Knew Very good
794. ...
Can't believe it... after months and months (or so it seems) finally a book I've read.
How about Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte?
... didn't love it, but I did enjoy it. Having read Wuthering Heights last autumn (which I did NOT like), I think I will try Agnes Grey sometime in the future to see what I think of that.
I'm about halfway through Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult, which is turning out not at all like I'd ...
I've left "Agnes Grey" in Yorkshire & the 19th century for Venice, Italy (approx 1888) searching for "The Aspern Papers" (Henry James).
I've left Yorkshire & "Agnes Grey" for 1888 Venice in search of "The Aspern Papers" by Henry James.
#11: I have not read Agnes Grey , so I will add that on to Planet TBR. Thanks for the recommendation!
BTW - Do not worry over much about the numbers. We have several people who go above and below 75. We just enjoy the group!
Just finished Agnes Grey today... reading Tarka the Otter at home (blush - wanted something light) and going to start Ethan Frome on DailyLit tomorrow.
Just finished Agnes Grey and I like this quote...
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.
So said the teachers of ...
Agnes Grey and Dragonharper by Anne and Todd McCaffrey (the touchstone on this brings up random things).
Does anyone else feel like the new Pern books are just not as good as the old ones. Sigh.
Oh and Agnes Grey - very enjoyable and full of morals to learn and grow from.
So that's 13 + ...
Agnes Grey Much as I enjoyed this I think Anne is my least favourite Bronte... though I am not a great Wuthering Heights fan so maybe not! I think that this novel is more enjoable than noteworthy - and rather worrying for a mother of a young toddler since I am now terrified that my daughter ...
Finished "Agnes Grey" (Anne Bronte) this morning. Next up: a couple of shorter Henry James novels: "The Turn of the Screw" and "The Aspern Papers", published in one volume along with two short stories.
... Game"...very good looking forward to the sequel "Prepared For Rage" when I find it.
Changing pace...today I started "Agnes Grey" by Anne Bronte.
Just arrived in mid-19th-century England, (Yorkshire) to visit "Agnes Grey" by Anne Bronte
Finished "Blindfold Game", shifting gears to classic fiction, started "Agnes Grey" by Anne Bronte.
From Audible:
Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
Useless Beauty by Guy de Maupassant
Just started Shirley by Charlotte Bronte. Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte made me sad with its not-so-great-ness, so I'm going back to Charlotte. Trying to get through all the Brontes on the list.
147. Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte- This is really short, almost like a snapshot of life as a governess. It seems like she read Jane Eyre and Villette and was like, well if my sister can do it, so can I! Me too, me too! That's probably not based in reality at all, but it does seem kinda second ...
Finished Heart of Darkness - such a let down!
On to Agnes Grey with a few other readers it seems!
Oh, I seeee! All is clear. Do report back, Agnes Grey is in my TBR pile :)
I plumped for A Handful of Dust - haven't made much progress yet, busy work week, but first 35 pages are promising - I've smiled and giggled and cringed, attracting strange looks in the coffee shop in which I was ...
starting Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte in an attempt to redeem Bronte-sisters-not-named-Charlotte after I hated Wuthering Heights so much...
I just bought "Agnes Grey" from Half Price Books but haven't read it yet. I've read & re-read "Wuthering Heights" and "Jane Eyre" several times each, and "The Tenant of Wildfield Hall" once. I like all of the Brontes and their books, but probably like "Jane Eyre" the most.
... I'm working my way through Henry and Cato which - so far at least - isn't shaping up as one of Murdoch's best; and Agnes Grey , as well as dipping in to Bliss and Other Stories when the fancy takes me
... understand why she thinks or feels or acts the way she does.
I also remember identifying with Agnes when I first read Agnes Grey - not as strongly as I identify with Jane, but more strongly than I've identified with any other characters in the Brontë's novels.
... work). I just finished reading Villette and would rank it on the same level as Wuthering Heights, with Shirley and Agnes Grey below that. I haven't read any others, but I'm planning on reading either The Tenant of Wildfell Hall or The Professor next. Any suggestions?
It won't fall short. I like _Tenant of Wildfell Hall_ much better than Agnes Grey .
Just two today - although admitedly I'm not supposed to be bringing any more home!
Agnes Grey
and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
both, of course, by Anne Bronte.
... I had read this before, but I had only seen the BBC mini-series. I thought I would read because I had just finished Agnes Grey . I think I liked Anne Bronte's writing better. I have Shirley on my shelf, I may read that one soon to see how the writing compares. I am also ...
... so much more convenient for me to read PG books, I will be reading a lot more (free!) classics this year. I've also added Agnes Grey , The Professor, Wives and Daughters, and Clarissa to the electronic pile. I love my Kindle.
#9 Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
I just realised I had not posted this yet. I saw a few people were reading this and enjoyed it, so I picked it up. I enjoyed it too.
Sometimes I get a little tired of piety and this book has a lot of it. It is a short book though so it did not grate on ...
>51, Really? Its making me want to pick up Agnes Grey . :) Too bad I just went on a book-buying binge & cannot possibly justify buying anything else for a while. Otherwise I might go on a Bronte fest. I don't really like anything I've read by the sisters in the sense that none of it ...
... If you read Jane Eyre, you'll discover that she didn't have much use for the C of E either. Personally, I think Agnes Grey is a whiner. At least Charlotte's heroines have so get up and go.
... I just found the character of Lucy so unpleasant. One thing I found interesting, though, are similarities between her and Agnes Grey , from the book of the same name written by Anne Bronte. In particular, there is a scene where Lucy catches herself unawares in the mirror, and thinks about how ...
I found the following on line:
Agnes Grey
Vicar of Wakefield
the three E.A. Poe's from the original list
Tale of a Tub
A Modest Proposal
Castle of Otranto
Castle Rackrent
The Nose & The Overcoat
Candide
Most are short as I like print them to read.
... Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
37. Notes from the Underground
38. Great Expectations
39. Madame Bovary
40. Agnes Grey
41. Jane Eyre
42. A Christmas Carol
43. Frankenstein
44. Persuasion
45. Pride and Prejudice
46. Sense and Sensibility
47. The Mysteries of Udo ...
Asperger's From the Inside Out, by Michael John Carley
Absolute Beginners by Colin MacInnes
Agnes Grey , by Anne Bronte
The Alienist, by Caleb Carr
All Quiet on the Western Front, by Erich Maria Remarque
... by Charlotte Bronte - done
5. The Painted Veil by Somerset Maugham - done
6. Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy - done
7. Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte - done
8. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad - done
9. The Trial by Franz Kafka - done
2. Book Club Selections - done
1. Home to Holly S ...
I choose Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte from janoorani24's library because I liked The Tenants of Wildfell Hall.
... Gibbons
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
A Room With a View by E.M. Forster
Galatea 2.2 by Richard Powers
Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte (not sure why this one has stuck with me so much, but it has)
Honorable mentions:
The Palm-Wine Drinkard by Amos Tutuola
Nobody's Fool by ...
... Gibbons
The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter
A Room With a View by E.M. Forster
Galatea 2.2 by Richard Powers
Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte (not sure why this one has stuck with me so much, but it has)
...I think. I read so many wonderful books this year, I could easily give a top 2 ...
... the book.
86. The Uncommon Reader by Alan Bennett.
Unabridged audiobook, read by the author. Witty stuff.
87. Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte.
Pleasant, but not outstanding.
>24 Barchester Towers is a personal favourite. Funny you should mention the Brontes. I started Agnes Grey last night and it seems pleasant enough. I also have Villette to read at some point. After several false starts with some pretty ordinary contemporary novels I am glad to get back to Victo ...
From janoorani24's library I choose Agnes Grey , by Anne Bronte, as I want to read more of this author and her sister.
106. Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
Reminded me a lot of Jane Eyre, a woman who wants to become a teacher, falls in and out of love, lives a hard life only to find fulfillment with her family.
107. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
What I thought was an amazing movie is also an amazing ...
... almost picture it being played out despite never having seen a production.
Currently Reading:
Paradise Lost
Agnes Grey
Away Laughing on a Fast Camel
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
The Kite Runner
I just started Agnes Grey . Most recently I finished Madame Bovary.
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... novels and a couple of Jane Austen novels lately, so I've been dipping in and out of some 1001 books I've already read: Agnes Grey , The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Jane Eyre, Pride and Prejudice, and Persuasion.
The Accidental Mother by Rowan Coleman
Joshua: A Parable for Today by Joseph F. Girzone
Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
And three very young child books that I picked up for my niece's shower all arrived today from bookcloseouts.com
eta touchstone fix... the wouldn't work ...
The Accidental Mother by Rowan Coleman
Joshua: A Parable for Today by Joseph F. Girzone
Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
And three very young child books that I picked up for my niece's shower all arrived today from bookcloseouts.com
A Big Boy Did It and Ran Away by Christopher Brookmyre
Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
The Heat of the Day by Elizabeth Bowen
Frost in May by Antonia White
The Radiant Way by Margaret Drabble
... book by Jacqueline Winspear. This student and I exchange mysteries all the time--she also borrows classics from me and has Agnes Grey and The Tenent of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte at her house. She is the one who lent me the next Lee Child book I'm going to try. I'm trying to encourage her ...
... Birdy
Holly Would Dream
Christine Falls
Cassandra French's Finishing School for Boys
Forever Amber
Emma
Agnes Grey
Villette
Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt
Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
Hard Eight by Janet Evanovich
from Don's Paperback Book Exchange in Albuquerque.
And Bridge of Birds by Barry Hughart, from the library.
... real sympathy for the children in this novel - suffering the serious consequences of their parents' choices and illnesses.
Agnes Grey - another "GRTB!" choice. This was a re-read from college. I enjoyed the novel and was happy for the ending, but like all Bronte novels, dislike the grim view ...
My review for Agnes Grey is here . A quick read, for a classic.
SlySionnach, will you read Something Wicked This Way Comes?
For me, anything marked TBRV. Thanks!
... way to rediscover some of my own books as well as learning about many others.
tjsjohanna, I'd like to read a review of Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte. Charlotte has long been one of my favorite authors but I've always been interested in her lesser known sister.
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38. (reread) Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
Reading over Medellia12's challenge reminded me of this one, so I dug it out and re-read it. I'd forgotten what a little gem this is, more Jane Au ...
... nstein
14. The Fall of the House of Usher
15. A Christmas Carol
16. The Pit and the Pendulum
17. Jane Eyre
18. Agnes Grey
19. Wuthering Heights
20. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
21. Mary Barton
22. Shirley
23. The Scarlet Letter
24. The House of the Seven Gables
25. ...
... Heights read other Bronte sisters books of our choice, and I really appreciated her flexibility on that. I think I read Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.
36. Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
If I had read this on my own, it would have seemed like a quaint little sermonish book about a not very interesting governess. But I'm reading it with the Literature by Women group at www.barnesandnoble.com and so have gotten lots of insight about its ...
... Hallows, and doing first time reads of The Eyre Affair and Queen's Fool. I'm also one chapter away from the end of Agnes Grey , so I should be done with that by 6ish.
Finished with Agnes, moving on to The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
I just finished Vanity Fair. I'm about to head off to lunch and when I come back I'm going to start Agnes Grey . Other than that, still plodding through The Book Thief and enjoying Queen's Fool.
... 159 pages)
This little book of personals ads from the London Review of Books is filled with hilarious, sad gems.
38. Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte (fiction, 264 pages)
Poor Anne--always the other Bronte sister. While I didn't think her plot had anything on Charlotte or Emily, her writing, ...
... A Room With a View and anything by Jane Austen are good for romance with social satire. Also Jane Eyre and Agnes Grey . If you want something with more psychological complexity to it, I highly recommend The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles. Sarah Waters' Fingersmith ...
... on my wishlist for about a year, and I wanted something diverting for short down times. I had heard about it on LT.
Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte was a library sale purchase. I have had The Tenant of Wildfell Hall for many years, and this for only a year or so, but I decided to read ...
... by Charlotte Bronte
15. The Professor by Charlotte Bronte
16. Villette by Charlotte Bronte
17. Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
18. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
19. The Last Man by Mary Shelley
20.Hope Leslie by Catharine Maria Sedgwick
21. ...
16. Jane Eyre (ebook)
17. The Boleyn Inheritance
18. Vanity Fair (ebook)
19. The Book Thief
20. Agnes Grey (ebook)
... Connolly
15. Rage, Richard Bachman
14. The Winter King, (The Warlord Chronicles, Book 1), Bernard Cornwell
13. Agnes Grey , Anne Brontë
12. Child 44, Tom Rob Smith
11. The Murder Book, Jonathan Kellerman
10. World Without End, Ken Follett
9. The Last Kingdom, (The Sax ...
... one that works into the overall narrative. On top of that, it's a sweet and funny story. I am officially a fan.
#45: Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte. Why have I neglected Anne Bronte until now? I liked this story better than Wuthering Heights, actually, though not as much as Jane Eyre. Anne B ...
I read Agnes Grey this week, and I also liked it much better than Wuthering Heights. It was excruciating sometimes to read about Agnes' experiences with her pupils, but the book was surprisingly funny, which helped offset the darker parts. And what a sweet protagonist. Not to mention that I ...
Have read and enjoyed:
Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
Iola Leroy by Frances E.W. Harper
Now reading Herland by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
... to be as celebrated as much as any other novel of it's day; a great improvement over Anne's conventional first story Agnes Grey .
3. A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov
One adventure story too many detracts from a nicely realized ending to this brilliant little Russian novella ( ...
... and enjoyably enigmatic.
This week, I've also read Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson (love it), Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte (great, though I liked some sections better than others), and the first two books of Paul Auster's New York Trilogy (good).
#2: I loved
... Are Not the Only Fruit (my 2nd, and I'll be devouring her entire catalog in short order, I imagine), Anne Bronte's Agnes Grey (surprisingly funny in some places), and Doris Lessing's The Fifth Child.
I read the first two books of Paul Auster's New York Trilogy, and while I ...
I must go through and count my non-VMC editions, then! - as I have Agnes Grey , and The Left Hand of Darkness and others. It will up my count and make me feel better. ;)
Perhaps I'll add a tag such as "virago list", vs. "virago modern classics", so they're differentiated, but still ...
Welcome to the group, englishrose60! Agnes Grey is a vmc--even if yours isn't a vmc edition. It counts. :)
Just for fun:
The Nine Tailors Of Human Bondage (Martin Eden, Agnes Grey , Jane Eyre, Mrs Dalloway, Fanny Hill, Kim, Siddhartha, Senor Vivo and the Coca Lord) Back over A Severed Head On the Road In Cold Blood In the Heart of the Country As if I am not There.
*ED ...
... Lisa Overdrive by William Gibson
#3 Count Zero by William Gibson
#4 A Guide to Middle Earth by Robert Foster
#5 Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
etc (with quite a few more either William Gibson or Tolkien-related books in the top 20)
So is that really what the 'perfect library owner' ...
... quite good, if Ishiguro is your thing. So that is my pick :)
A few of the other "A"s on on my wishlist! Adam Bede and Agnes Grey .
... I've never read any of the Nero Wolfe books, which is a bit odd since I do enjoy a good mystery.
Re: Anne Bronte: I put Agnes Grey on the list because 1. I own it, and 2. It appears to be on the shorter side. I've got some pretty long books on the list this year, and I'll need to read some ...
37. Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte, 1846
Anne Bronte uses her experiences as a governess for this tale of a modestly brought up young woman's attempts to reduce the financial burden on her parents. Instead of being a grim book, Anne uses each situation to remind herself to be true to her ...
Finished in January:
In Cold Blood
Agnes Grey
House of Leaves
Northanger Abbey
The Bridge on the Drina
#97 and 98 - what other books are you reading for your classes? I always wanted to take more lit classes, but the science usually got in the way.
... the large TBR pile waiting for me at home.
Then when I picked up my mail I found Pamela by Samuel Richardson and Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte waiting for me.
... Room With a View by E.M. Forster
2. Middlemarch by George Eliot
3. Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
4. Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
5. Villette by Charlotte Bronte
6. Cecilia by Fanny Burney
7. The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
8. Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
M ...
Just finished Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte - read most of it in one night. My copy was less than 200 pages and the chapters were very short so there were a lot of convenient stopping points - though I pretty much read straight through.
... Ratzinger
Honorable mention:
Space Trilogy by C.S. Lewis
Theology of the Body for Beginners by Christopher West
Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte
Sir Gibbie by George MacDonald
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'engle
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
... on the Natural Law by Charles Rice. I guess they are both pretty heavy reading for me, but I finished my fiction book Agnes Grey by Anne Bronte last night. I'm waiting till I can get to the library to pick up The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
... or "Weird"
Kafka on the shore
(7) Romance
The red queen
(8) Fantasy
Lord of the rings
(9) Classic
Agnes Grey
(10) Contemporary
The life of insects
... and the the yellow wallpaper and enjoyed both books. I am 3/4 way through Women in love and about half way through Agnes Grey .
... to Their Eyes Were Watching God, Mrs Dalloway, What Maisie Knew, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, Jane Eyre, Agnes Grey , Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park and Vanity Fair on audio, and thinking they were pretty good, but don't have any other impressions.
I gave up on ...
I finished Agnes Grey , the last of the Bronte Sister that I hadn't read.
I have started Where Angels Fear to Tread and am continuing Life of Pi and The Book Theif.
... chance to fall upon the tinder of our wishes; then, they instantly ignite, and the flame of hope is kindled in a moment." - Agnes Grey
... Motherless Brooklyn, which was great as an audiobook because the main character has Tourette's Syndrome.
I started Agnes Grey , by the only Bronte sister I haven't read.
I'm also finsihing up Something Wicked This Way Comes.
It's been a good reading week.
... the death scene. I thought victoria de los angeles was the most sensitive and thoughtful, and I liked the acting of agnes baltsa best. Jesse norman and maria callas were the most dramatic but at the end of the day I vote for Price with Theresa Berganza second.
... up my thoughts: I have gained respect for Anne, too. What a splendid level-headed young woman she was. When I first read Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, I was the typical teenage reader and thought they were bland compared to Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights . Now ...
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Scaramouche
The Four Feathers
Tarzan of the Apes
Moll Flanders
Pere Goriot
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Agnes Grey
The Man in the Iron Mask
and several others in the very serviceable trade paperback editions for about $3 a piece. Some are intended to save older editions ...
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