governesses

Former Tudor court spy Katherine Ashley befriends the doomed queen Anne Boleyn and becomes governess and surrogate-mother to the young Princess Elizabeth and her most trusted confidante when Elizabeth is crowned.

In early nineteenth-century England, an orphaned young woman accepts employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall, a country estate owned by the mysteriously remote Mr. Rochester.

Presents the nineteenth-century short story in which a governess believes her two charges, ten-year-old Miles and eight-year-old Flora, are being haunted by the ghosts of former servants, and includes notes, a history of the novel, selections from James' letters and other writings, and critical essays.

A graphic novel adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre," featuring a quick, modern English version of the story of a penniless orphan in England in the 1800s who becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall and soon finds herself in love with her melancholy employer, Mr. Edward Rochester, a man with a terrible secret.

On cover: "...this classic story shows how a young woman can overcome adversity and find true happiness. After her uncle dies, young Jane Eyre is terribly mistreated by her aunt and cousins. She is quickly sent away to a girls' school, where life is not much better. But Jane loves books and learning, and she becomes the first in her class. She goes on to teach, then takes a position with Mr. Rochester, working as a governess. At his mansion, life changes dramatically.".

The story of a young British woman, Anna Leonowens, who moves to Siam to teach the royal children and of her experiences with an arrogant king and the strange customs of her new home.

In an alternate New England of 1900, where the Brotherhood dominates and controls society, sixteen-year-old Cate Cahill has struggled since her mother's death to keep secret that she and her younger sisters are witches, but when a governess arrives from the Sisterhood, everything changes.

An orphan who endures a harsh childhood, Jane Eyre becomes governess at Thronfield Hall in the employment of the mysterious Mr. Rochester. Jane's moral pilgrimage and the maturity of Charlotte Bronte's characterization are celebrated aspects of the novel, as is its imagery and narrative power.