Agnes Grey vs Amelia: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Married women, Domestic fiction, British and irish fiction, England, Social life and customs, Fiction

Cover of Agnes Grey

Agnes Grey Anne Brontë · 1847 ★★★★☆ 3.7 150 pages · ≈ 2 h 47 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of Amelia

Amelia Henry Fielding · 1751 ★★★★☆ 3.5 594 pages · ≈ 11 h 00 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ratings are close: 3.7 vs 3.5 — either is a safe pick by score.
Agnes Grey is the quicker read — about 2 hours vs 11 for Amelia.

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