governesses

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A Breath of Eyre

2012
Emma Townsend, who sympathizes with the titular character in "Jane Eyre," finds herself lost in Jane's nineteenth-century world when a lightning storm catapults her right into Jane's body.

Jane Eyre

the graphic novel
2010
A graphic novel adaptation of Charlotte Bront?'s classic story "Jane Eyre," in which an orphan girl is married by her wealthy but cruel aunt.

Jane Eyre

1988
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

2002
A young governess who suffered a violently abusive childhood finds love unexpectedly with her new employer, but secrets from his past--involving madness and old passions--may prove to destroy her happiness.

Jane Eyre

1987
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.

The mysterious howling

2011
Fifteen-year-old Miss Penelope Lumley, a recent graduate of the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, is hired as governess to three young children who have been raised by wolves and must teach them to behave in a civilized manner quickly, in preparation for a Christmas ball.

Jane Eyre

1998
Presents an adaptation of the classic novel in which Jane, a plain and penniless orphan in nineteenth-century England, accepts employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall and falls in love with her melancholy employer, Mr. Rochester, a man with a terrible sercret; retold in comic-style format.

The wolves of Willoughby Chase

2000
Surrounded by villains of the first order, brave Bonnie and gentle cousin Sylvia conquer all obstacles in this Victorian melodrama.

The turn of the screw

complete, authoritative text with biographical, historical, and cultural contexts, critical history, and essays from contemporary critical perspectives
2004

Agnes Grey

1998
An annotated edition of nineteenth-century author Anne Bronte's novel that was based on her experiences as a governess, in which she comments on the overwhelming responsibilities held by governesses and the corruption in bourgeois society; also includes an Anne Bronte chronology, a selected bibliography, and a scholarly introduction.

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