The thesis focuses on showing the typical traits of the Victorian governess novel genre by comparing two governess novels written by Brontë sisters – Agnes Grey (1847) by Anne Brontë and Jane Eyre (1847) by Charlotte Brontë. The aim of the thesis is to illustrate how both of the novels depict the social position of the governess in Victorian society, and to compare to what extent the protagonists of the novels and the novels themselves are traditional or innovative.