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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.

The Governesses

Author : Anne Serre
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0811228088
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (112 download)

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Download or read book The Governesses written by Anne Serre and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sensational US debut of a major French writer—an intense, delicious meringue of a novella In a large country house shut off from the world by a gated garden, three young governesses responsible for the education of a group of little boys are preparing a party. The governesses, however, seem to spend more time running around in a state of frenzied desire than attending to the children’s education. One of their main activities is lying in wait for any passing stranger, and then throwing themselves on him like drunken Maenads. The rest of the time they drift about in a kind of sated, melancholy calm, spied upon by an old man in the house opposite, who watches their goings-on through a telescope. As they hang paper lanterns and prepare for the ball in their own honor, and in honor of the little boys rolling hoops on the lawn, much is mysterious: one reviewer wrote of the book’s “deceptively simple words and phrasing, the transparency of which works like a mirror reflecting back on the reader.” Written with the elegance of old French fables, the dark sensuality of Djuna Barnes and the subtle comedy of Robert Walser, this semi-deranged erotic fairy tale introduces American readers to the marvelous Anne Serre.

The Governess Affair

Author : Courtney Milan
Publisher : Courtney Milan
ISBN 13 : 1937248062
Total Pages : 135 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (372 download)

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Download or read book The Governess Affair written by Courtney Milan and published by Courtney Milan. This book was released on 2012-04-21 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The start of a critically acclaimed historical romance series by New York Times bestselling author Courtney Milan... Hugo Marshall earned the nickname "the Wolf of Clermont" for his ruthless ambition--a characteristic that has served him well, elevating the coal miner's son to the right hand man of a duke. When he's ordered to get rid of a pestering governess by fair means or foul, it's just another day at work. But after everything Miss Serena Barton has been through at the hands of his employer, she is determined to make him pay. She won't let anyone stop her--not even the man that all of London fears. They might call Hugo Marshall the Wolf of Clermont, but even wolves can be brought to heel... The books in the Brothers Sinister series: ½. The Governess Affair (free prequel novella) 1. The Duchess War 1½. A Kiss for Midwinter (a companion novella to The Duchess War) 2. The Heiress Effect 3. The Countess Conspiracy 4. The Suffragette Scandal 4½. Talk Sweetly to Me

The Royal Governess

Author : Wendy Holden
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593101332
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book The Royal Governess written by Wendy Holden and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-02-23 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the childhood years of Queen Elizabeth II, one of the most famous women who ever lived, a young governess helped shape her into the icon the world knows today. In 1933, twenty-two-year-old Marion Crawford accepts the role of a lifetime, tutoring the little Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose. Her one stipulation to their parents is that she bring some doses of normalcy into their sheltered and privileged lives. At Buckingham Palace, Windsor Castle and Balmoral, Marion defies stuffy protocol to take the princesses on tube trains, swimming at public baths, and on joyful Christmas shopping trips at Woolworth’s. From her ringside seat at the heart of the British monarchy she witnesses the trauma of the Abdication, the glamour of the Coronation, the onset of World War II. She steers the little princesses through it all, as close as a mother. As Hitler’s planes fly over Windsor, she shelters her charges in the castle dungeons (not far from where the Crown Jewels are hidden in a biscuit tin). Afterwards, she is present when Elizabeth first sets eyes on Philip, her future husband. But being beloved confidante to the Windsor family comes at huge personal cost. Marriage, children, her own views: all are compromised by proximity to royal glory. In this majestic story of love, sacrifice and allegiance, bestselling novelist Holden brings to life the early years before Queen Elizabeth II became monarch. “This captivating page-turner whisks readers back in time to Buckingham Palace in 1933…A majestic story that delves into the incredible life of Queen Elizabeth II before she took her place on the throne.”—Woman’s World

The Silent Governess

Author : Julie Klassen
Publisher : Bethany House
ISBN 13 : 0764207075
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (642 download)

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Download or read book The Silent Governess written by Julie Klassen and published by Bethany House. This book was released on 2009 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dangerous secret...an overheard conversation...and a woman who is not what she seems. Will hidden pasts ruin their hope of finding love?

Not Just a Governess

Author : Carole Mortimer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780263232912
Total Pages : 381 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (329 download)

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Download or read book Not Just a Governess written by Carole Mortimer and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 381 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Governess? Or lady in disguise? Darkly delicious Lord Adam Hawthorne doesn't care a whit for society, especially the tedium of finding a wife. So taking on a new governess for his young daughter shouldn't shake his steely disposition! Except Mrs. Elena Leighton, an enigmatic widow, is a most intriguing addition to the household. What are those ladylike airs and graces beneath her dowdy exterior? Despite great impropriety, Lord Hawthorne is compelled to discover the real Elena, no matter what secrets are unveiled along the way.

The Defiant Governess (Lessons in Love, Book 1)

Author : Andrea Pickens
Publisher : ePublishing Works!
ISBN 13 : 1614174156
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (141 download)

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Download or read book The Defiant Governess (Lessons in Love, Book 1) written by Andrea Pickens and published by ePublishing Works!. This book was released on 2013-04-23 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the high-spirited Lady Jane Stanhope finds herself facing a marriage ordered by her father, she flees home, disguises herself as "Plain Jane" and lands a governess position to the ward of the reclusive Marquess of Saybrook. Winning the love of the shy little ward is easy. Sparking arguments between herself and the mysterious Saybrook is delightful fun. But both are putting her heart in danger. Now she's caught between desire and her deception, for the most a titled lord can offer to a mere governess is ruin. AWARDS: Best Regency of the Year, nominee - RT magazine, 1998 REVIEWS: "...a finely wrought love story featuring an irresistible pair of lovers who will melt every reader's heart." ~RT magazine LESSONS IN LOVE, in series order The Defiant Governess Second Chances The Storybook Hero INTREPID HEROINES SERIES, in order Code of Honor The Hired Hero A Stroke of Luck Pistols at Dawn SCANDALOUS SECRETS SERIES, in order The Banished Bride Lady of Letters The Major's Mistake

The Governess

Author : Mary Kingswood
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781912167180
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book The Governess written by Mary Kingswood and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first of a brand new series by the author of Sons of the Marquess. When Mr Edmund Winterton of Woodside dies, his daughters find themselves penniless and homeless. What can they do? Unless they wish to live on charity, they will have to find genteel employment for themselves. Annabelle becomes governess to the daughters of the recently bereaved Earl of Brackenwood. She has no idea how to teach, but her pupils can learn all they need from books, so how difficult can it be? She'll need all her ingenuity to cope with the rebelliousness of her charges, and the unwanted attentions of their father. But when her past returns to haunt her, she has to make a difficult decision. Allan is slowly getting used to life as a widower, but his mother is determined that he must marry again and produce an heir. He is determined that he won't, although the new governess is just the sort of woman he could fall in love with. But when a face from long ago reappears and stirs up suspicion, he has to consider the possibility that his wife's death was not natural. What is worse, he himself is the obvious suspect. If he can't prove his innocence, he may lose everything - his home, his new love and even his life. A traditional Regency romance, drawing room rather than bedroom.

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.

The Game and the Governess

Author : Kate Noble
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476749418
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book The Game and the Governess written by Kate Noble and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trading Places meets Pride and Prejudice in this sexy, saucy romance—first in a new series from the author of YouTube sensation The Lizzie Bennet Diaries. Three friends. One Wager. Winner takes all. The Earl—‘Lucky Ned’ Ashby. Pompous, preening, certain that he is beloved by everyone. The Miller—John Turner. Proud, forced to work as the Earl’s secretary, their relationship growing ever more strained. The Doctor—Rhys Gray. Practical, peace-loving, but caught in the middle of two warring friends. Their wager is simple: By trading places with John Turner and convincing someone to fall in love with him, Ned plans to prove it’s him the world adores, not his money. Turner plans to prove him wrong. But no one planned on Phoebe Baker, the unassuming governess who would fall into their trap, and turn everything on its head… Three best friends make a life-changing bet in the first book in a witty, sexy new Regency trilogy from acclaimed author Kate Noble, writer of the wildly popular Emmy award–winning web series The Lizzie Bennet Diaries.

Sylvie and Bruno

Author : Lewis Carroll
Publisher : London ; New York : Macmillan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Sylvie and Bruno written by Lewis Carroll and published by London ; New York : Macmillan. This book was released on 1889 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1889, this novel has two main plots; one set in the real world at the time the book was published (the Victorian era), the other in the fictional world of Fairyland.

The Governess Game

Author : Tessa Dare
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062672134
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (626 download)

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Download or read book The Governess Game written by Tessa Dare and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times and USA Today Bestseller He’s been a bad, bad rake—and it takes a governess to teach him a lesson The accidental governess After her livelihood slips through her fingers, Alexandra Mountbatten takes on an impossible post: transforming a pair of wild orphans into proper young ladies. However, the girls don’t need discipline. They need a loving home. Try telling that to their guardian, Chase Reynaud: duke’s heir in the streets and devil in the sheets. The ladies of London have tried—and failed—to make him settle down. Somehow, Alexandra must reach his heart . . . without risking her own. The infamous rake Like any self-respecting libertine, Chase lives by one rule: no attachments. When a stubborn little governess tries to reform him, he decides to give her an education—in pleasure. That should prove he can’t be tamed. But Alexandra is more than he bargained for: clever, perceptive, passionate. She refuses to see him as a lost cause. Soon the walls around Chase’s heart are crumbling . . . and he’s in danger of falling, hard.

Other People's Daughters

Author : Ruth Brandon
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 1780222483
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Other People's Daughters written by Ruth Brandon and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2011-12-30 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rich and fascinating account of the lives of Victorian governesses, exploring nineteenth-century attitudes to women, family and class. If a nineteenth century lady had neither a husband to support her nor money of her own, almost her only recourse was to live in someone else's household and educate their children - in particular, their daughters. Marooned within the confines of other people's lives, neither servants nor family members, governesses occupied an uncomfortable social limbo. And being poor and insignificant, their papers were mostly lost. But a few journals and letters have come down to us, giving a vivid record of what it was to be a lone professional woman at a time when such a creature officially did not exist.

The Governess: A Classic Victorian Gothic Romance

Author : Camille Oster
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 : 9781719942805
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (428 download)

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Download or read book The Governess: A Classic Victorian Gothic Romance written by Camille Oster and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-08-29 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hot Heir

Author : Pippa Grant
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781940517971
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Hot Heir written by Pippa Grant and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-14 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If I'd known he had dimples, I never would've agreed to marry him. Some people are born for parenthood. Not me. But I'm about to get it anyway, since there's no one else who can take care of my wild child baby sister. I'm supposed to be spending my days running a flight adventure company with my best friend, but instead, I'm inadvertently getting myself into trouble, just trying to do the right thing and keep her out of trouble, to the point that it's clear I cannot do this on my own. But who else would want to help us? Turns out, my biggest enemy. Mr. Tall, Dark, and Cranky just inherited a country, but in order for Amoria to crown him as King-you know, that job they give to people with no more demanding qualifications than flared nostrils, proper manners, and a taste for crumpets-he needs a wife. Now. Obviously the only person he would ask is as irresistible (and desperate) as me. And I see no better way to prove I'm ready to take care of my sister than to wear the crown of a queen. No one's ever found fault with royalty, and hey, the job comes with round-the-clock security. Except in return for helping save my sister, Mr. I'm-Not-Sure-You're-Even-A-Real-Prince Viktor tells me he needs the teeniest, tiniest favor. You see, he doesn't just need help saving his crown. He needs help saving his country. Remember when I said no one ever found fault with royalty? Try asking that question after you see your frazzled face under the front-page headline of a small country's leading gossip mag... Hot Heir is a romping fun marriage of convenience romance between a surprise heir and a southern hot mess, complete with the bedroom to end all bedrooms, a run-down alpaca, and that thing with the hot air balloon. This romantic comedy stands alone with no cheating or cliffhangers and ends with a royally awesome happily ever after.

The Governess

Author : Elizabeth Johns
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781733958707
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (587 download)

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Download or read book The Governess written by Elizabeth Johns and published by . This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Not Just a Governess (Mills & Boon Historical) (A Season of Secrets, Book 2)

Author : Carole Mortimer
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 1472003977
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Not Just a Governess (Mills & Boon Historical) (A Season of Secrets, Book 2) written by Carole Mortimer and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Darkly delicious Lord Adam Hawthorne doesn’t care a whit for society – especially the tedium of finding a wife. So taking on a new governess for his young daughter shouldn’t shake his steely disposition! Or lady in disguise?