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Author: Roša Nouchette Carey
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Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Author: Roša Nouchette Carey
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Languages : en
Pages : 320
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Author: Roša Nouchette Carey
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Languages : en
Pages : 314
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Author: Rosa Nouchette Carey
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Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 408
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Author: Rosa Nouchette Carey
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Languages : en
Pages : 439
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Author: Rosa Nouchette Carey
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ISBN: 9781331140467
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Languages : en
Pages : 452
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Excerpt from Only the Governess It was only the other day that Launcelot Chudleigh came upon a half-finished portrait that he had painted of Dossie as a child. He was moving some large dusty portfolios that had long blocked up a corner of his studio, when the rotten strings of one gave way, and out tumbled a miscellaneous collection of hastily-drawn sketches, crude studies, sunny little bits of scenery, here and there a larger piece with the colours only half washed in, as though the brush had been flung away in despair; groups of figures with no particular background, a gondola floating in a very hazy sea, an Italian peasant with a Madonna face and the inevitable large-eyed babe in her arms, a little flower-girl with a gay kerchief on her head and a string of brown beads round her neck. Launcelot turned them all over with a droll, humorous smile. He was amused, as middle-aged people often are when they come unexpectedly on some toy or relic of their childhood. Ah, well! he had been young too, like other people. He had attempted and had failed; and, of course, his failures had seemed pathetic to him. Youth seldom finishes what it begins: it is ready to set the world on fire with its hasty energy; then comes reality, disappointment, the plain prose of life. Launcelot was moralizing over his sketches when one fluttered slowly to his feet. He uttered an exclamation as he picked it up and brushed the dust off it very tenderly. It was the portrait of a child, but not a pretty child. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Rosa Nouchette Carey
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Languages : en
Pages : 389
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Author: Julia Buckley
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Category : Governesses
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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Author: Rosa Nouchette Carey
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Languages : en
Pages : 389
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Author: Pamela Griffin
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 0373486774
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 189
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MYRNA McBRIDE IS HEADING TOWARD HER FUTURE When her train derails in Hillsdale, Michigan, a wealthy stranger offers her shelter—and a position in his household. Grateful yet wary of the mysterious man, Myrna must guard her secrets—and her heart. Returning home upon his brother's death, Dalton Freed is now heir to a grand estate and guardian to his niece. Dalton desperately needs Myrna's help. But even as he looks forward to seeing the beautiful governess each day, he suspects she's keeping secrets. Can she ever earn Dalton's trust and bring light and laughter back to his life?
Author: Kathryn Hughes
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9781852853259
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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The figure of the governess is very familiar from nineteenth-century literature. Much less is known about the governess in reality. This book is the first rounded exploration of what the life of the home schoolroom was actually like. Drawing on original diaries and a variety of previously undiscovered sources, Kathryn Hughes describes why the period 1840-80 was the classic age of governesses. She examines their numbers, recruitment, teaching methods, social position and prospects. The governess provides a key to the central Victorian concept of the lady. Her education consisted of a series of accomplishments designed to attract a husband able to keep her in the style to which she had become accustomed from birth. Becoming a governess was the only acceptable way of earning money open to a lady whose family could not support her in leisure. Being paid to educate another woman's children set in play a series of social and emotional tensions. The governess was a surrogate mother, who was herself childless, a young woman whose marriage prospects were restricted, and a family member who was sometimes mistaken for a servant.
