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The Victorian Governess

Author : Kathryn Hughes
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9781852853259
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book The Victorian Governess written by Kathryn Hughes and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The figure of the governess is very familiar from nineteenth-century literature. Much less is known about the governess in reality. This book is the first rounded exploration of what the life of the home schoolroom was actually like. Drawing on original diaries and a variety of previously undiscovered sources, Kathryn Hughes describes why the period 1840-80 was the classic age of governesses. She examines their numbers, recruitment, teaching methods, social position and prospects. The governess provides a key to the central Victorian concept of the lady. Her education consisted of a series of accomplishments designed to attract a husband able to keep her in the style to which she had become accustomed from birth. Becoming a governess was the only acceptable way of earning money open to a lady whose family could not support her in leisure. Being paid to educate another woman's children set in play a series of social and emotional tensions. The governess was a surrogate mother, who was herself childless, a young woman whose marriage prospects were restricted, and a family member who was sometimes mistaken for a servant.

The Story of a Governess

Author : Mrs. Oliphant
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 375 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book The Story of a Governess written by Mrs. Oliphant and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-06-02 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Story of a Governess" is one of the works by the master of domestic realism, the historical novel, and tales of the supernatural, Margaret Oliphant. She tells a story of a young girl ready for the self-denial of a governess position and the enclosed life of the old mansion, but, when turning pages, we learn that the fate and Mrs. Oliphant have made another plan for the young governess.

Governess

Author : Ruth Brandon
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0802779751
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (27 download)

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Download or read book Governess written by Ruth Brandon and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-02-01 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between the 1780s and the end of the nineteenth century, an army of sad women took up residence in other people's homes, part and yet not part of the family, not servants, yet not equals. To become a governess, observed Jane Austen in Emma, was to "retire from all the pleasures of life, of rational intercourse, equal society, peace and hope, to penance and mortification for ever." However, in an ironic paradox, the governess, so marginal to her society, was central to its fiction-partly because governessing was the fate of some exceptionally talented women who later wrote novels based on their experiences. But personal experience was only one source, and writers like Wilkie Collins, William Makepeace Thackeray, Henry James, and Jane Austen all recognized that the governess's solitary figure, adrift in the world, offered more novelistic scope than did the constrained and respectable wife. Ruth Brandon weaves literary and social history with details from the lives of actual governesses, drawn from their letters and journals, to craft a rare portrait of real women whose lives were in stark contrast to the romantic tales of their fictional counterparts. Governess will resonate with the many fans of Jane Austen and the Brontës, whose novels continue to inspire films and books, as well as fans of The Nanny Diaries and other books that explore the longstanding tension between mothers and the women they hire to raise their children.

Henry James and the Ghostly

Author : T. J. Lustig
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521131599
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Henry James and the Ghostly written by T. J. Lustig and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-02-03 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The importance of ghosts, and liminal experience in general, in the fiction of Henry James.

The Victorian Governess Novel

Author : Cecilia Wadsö Lecaros
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Victorian Governess Novel written by Cecilia Wadsö Lecaros and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An investigation of the Victorian governess novel as a specific genre. Based on a comprehensive set of nineteenth-century novels, governess manuals, articles and biographical material, it shows how the Victorian Governess novel made up a vital part of the governess debate, as well as of the more general debate on female education.

Rule Britannia

Author : Deirdre David
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780801482779
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (827 download)

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Download or read book Rule Britannia written by Deirdre David and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How did Victorian women - wittingly or unwittingly - serve the cause of empire? Deirdre David here explores women's role in the literature of the colonial and imperial British nation, both as writers and as subjects of representation. Her work offers a rare close look at the intersection of gender and race in Victorian literature and empire building. David's inquiry juxtaposes the parliamentary speeches of Thomas Macaulay and the private letters of Emily Eden, a trial in Calcutta and the missionary literature of Victorian women. David shows how, in these texts and in novels such as Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre, Charles Dickens's Dombey and Son, Wilkie Collins's Moonstone, and H. Rider Haggard's She, the historical and symbolic roles of Victorian women were linked to the British enterprise abroad.

"We are Three Sisters"

Author : Drew Lamonica
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 0826262686
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book "We are Three Sisters" written by Drew Lamonica and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Governess in the Age of Jane Austen

Author : Agnes Porter
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9781852851644
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (516 download)

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Download or read book A Governess in the Age of Jane Austen written by Agnes Porter and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We only know a surprisingly small number of eighteenth-century women as personalities. This is true, in particular, of women who had to work for their living. Which is why the survival of the letters and journals of Miss Agnes Porter, dating from 1788 to 1814, constitutes an unusually important find. Miss Porter, the daughter of a Church of England clergyman, was born in 1752 with brains but not looks or wealth. Although she would have liked to marry, her various hopes ended in disappointment. She therefore had to earn her living as a governess, working principally in teaching the daughters and grand-daughter of the second Earl of Ilchester. Agnes Porter was neither morbidly religious, as were many of her Victorian successors, nor did she spend her time dwelling on the unfairness of her situation. She emerges as a intelligent, warm and likeable woman ready to make the best of her lot. Joanna Martin has provided a substantial introduction which sets Miss Porter in her historical context. A Governess in the Age of Jane Austen is a detailed, and very early, portrait of a woman entering a profession.

Subjects on Display

Author : Beth Newman
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 0821415484
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Subjects on Display written by Beth Newman and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through a consideration of fiction by Charlotte Brontë, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and Henry James, Newman shifts the inquiry toward the observed in the experience of being seen. In the process she reopens the question of the gaze and its relation to subjectivity."--Jacket.

The Governess

Author : Trev Lynn Broughton
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780312210892
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book The Governess written by Trev Lynn Broughton and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 1997 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This richly illustrated book gives insight into the life of the Victorian governess, examining becoming a governess, methods and skills, problems they faced, the experience of living away from home, and fantasies of and about the governess.

Earning Her Keep

Author : Amy Alison Herrera
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (54 download)

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Download or read book Earning Her Keep written by Amy Alison Herrera and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Breaking the Governess's Rules

Author : Michelle Styles
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 1460349792
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Breaking the Governess's Rules written by Michelle Styles and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2014-10-15 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'How delightful to meet you again, Miss Louisa Sibson.' Jonathon, Lord Chesterholm's eyes bored holes into Louisa Sibson's back. The former fiancée he's thought dead is very much alive… Louisa has rebuilt her life, after being dishonourably dismissed from her post as governess for allowing Jonathon to seduce her. Now Louisa lives by a rulebook of morals and virtue—the devastating Lord Chesterholm will not ruin her again! But Jonathon will get to the bottom of Louisa's disappearance—and he'll enjoy breaking a few of her rules along the way…!

Sex and Seclusion, Class and Custody

Author : Jonathan Andrews
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9789042011762
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book Sex and Seclusion, Class and Custody written by Jonathan Andrews and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2004 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume had its origin in a stimulating seminar series devoted to historical perspectives on gender and class in the history of psychiatry. The papers presented outlined a number of important perspectives on the place of gender and class within the history of psychiatry and, more broadly, medicine and society. There were also considerable inter-relationships between the various thematic strands developed in the papers - so much so, that organisers, speakers and participants alike were keen to see a published outcome.

Suffer and Be Still (Routledge Revivals)

Author : Martha Vicinus
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135045275
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Suffer and Be Still (Routledge Revivals) written by Martha Vicinus and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1972, this book contains a collection of ten essays that document the feminine stereotypes that women fought against, and only partially erased, a hundred years ago. In an introductory essay, Martha Vicinus describes the perfect Victorian lady, showing that the ideal was a combination of sexual innocence, conspicuous consumption and worship of the family hearth. Indeed, this model in some form was the ideal of all classes as the perfect lady’s only functions were marriage and procreation. The text offers a valuable insight into Victorian culture and society.

Victorian Britain

Author : Sally Mitchell
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415668514
Total Pages : 1014 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book Victorian Britain written by Sally Mitchell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011 with total page 1014 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1988, this encyclopedia serves as an overview and point of entry to the complex interdisciplinary field of Victorian studies. The signed articles, which cover persons, events, institutions, topics, groups and artefacts in Great Britain between 1837 and 1901, have been written by authorities in the field and contain bibliographies to provide guidelines for further research. The work is intended for undergraduates and the general reader, and also as a starting point for graduates who wish to explore new fields.

The Governess

Author : Julie M. Lippmann
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book The Governess written by Julie M. Lippmann and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-17 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Governess' is a coming-of-age novel written by Julie Mathilde Lippmann. Nan is a tough and independent girl who urgently requires a governess. Being a 14-year-old girl without a mother and with her father in India, Nan does not have to answer to the housekeeper. Miss Blake, a kind and small-built woman, uses her strong determination and gentle affection to teach and guide Nan.

The Serio-comic Governess

Author : Israel Zangwill
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book The Serio-comic Governess written by Israel Zangwill and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: