An anthology bringing together a wide range of material concerning the life of the Victorian governess. It includes extracts from the classics such as Emma, Jane Eyre and Vanity Fair, as well as first hand accounts , advice manuals, letters and schoolbooks. Illustrated with contemporary pictures and engravings, caricatures and schoolroom ephemera.
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Trev Broughton is Director of the Center for Women's Studies at the University of York, and has lectured there since 1986.
Ruth Symes is Director of Studies at the Norwegian Study Center at the University of York, and has lectured there since 1995.
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