governesses

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.