governesses

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governesses

The turn of the screw

1997
Presents the script for the stage adaptation of Henry James' nineteenth-century short story about a young governess who believes the two orphans under her care are being haunted by the ghosts of former servants whose unsavory relationship led to their deaths.

Jane Eyre

1993

Jane Eyre

2009
Presents Charlotte Bront?'s novel adapted into graphic novel format about a young governess who falls in love with her mysteriously tortured employer and must choose between happiness and societal convention when she learns his secret.

Nanny McPhee

the collected tales of Nurse Matilda
2005
The incorrigible Brown children, who devour nannies, nurse-maids, and governesses, finally meet their match.

Murder in a mill town

2004
Governess Nell Sweeney is called upon to help locate a young girl who may have run off with her boyfriends; but as Nell traces Bridget's path through backalley streets and the seedy parts of town, she finds herself caught in a dangerous trap.

Jane Eyre

1980

Jane Eyre

2006
In early nineteenth-century England, an orphaned young woman accepts employment as a governess and soon finds herself in love with her employer who has a terrible secret.

Jane Eyre

1983
In early nineteenth-century England, an orphaned young woman accepts employment as a governess and soon finds herself in love with her employer who has a terrible secret.

Jane Eyre

1994
When a penniless governess falls in love with the brooding master of Thornfield, she is unaware of the tragic events that will follow.

Jane Eyre

2008

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