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Quotation from Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë

“All true histories contain instruction;”

Anne Brontë (spoken by Agnes Grey)

Agnes Grey, Ch. 1 (Project Gutenberg #767)

Portrait of Anne Brontë

The opening words announce the book's moral purpose.

Citation: "All true histories contain instruction;" — Anne Brontë, Agnes Grey, Ch. 1 (Project Gutenberg #767). (id agnes-grey-q1)

Portrait: Anne Brontë by Patrick Branwell Brontë restored, Branwell Brontë, Public domain.

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