The Victorian governess:
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Main Author: Hughes, Kathryn (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London Hambledon Press 1993
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-252) and index
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 a
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 256 pages, [4] pages of plates)
ISBN:9780826441140
0826441149
1852850027
9781852850029

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