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Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Governess Information
740 words, approx. 3 pages
A governess is a female employee of a family who teaches children within their home. In contrast to a nanny (formerly called a nurse) or a babysitter, she concentrates on teaching children, not their physical needs. Her charges are of school age, not...


News and Journals
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Video Store
The Governess.
01/24/1999: 314 words, approx. 1 pages
Columbia TriStar Home Video Prebook Jan. 26; Street Feb. 16 R, 114 min., NA, CC Copy Protected Box Office: $3.7 million PPV Window: 60 days Rosalina Da Silva (Minnie Driver) is raised in a life of privilege as...
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The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
GOVER.(Obit)
05/07/2003: 424 words, approx. 1 pages
Norman M. Gover May 6, 2003 Norman M. Gover died on May 6, 2003, at age 81. Formerly of Oswego and Syracuse, New York, he had been a longtime resident of Wyncote, Pennsylvania. Norman's was a very good life, a classic American experience...
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AP News
Goverment lowers 2007 hurricane forecast
8/9/2007: 362 words, approx. 1 pages
Government forecasters minimally reduced their prediction for the Atlantic hurricane season Thursday, but said that up to nine hurricanes and up to 16 tropical storms are expected to form, still a busier-than-average season.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration maintained its estimate that three to five...
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Reuters North American News Service
Scottish goverment to review Trump plans
12/4/2007: 433 words, approx. 1 pages
LONDON, Dec 4 (Reuters) - The Scottish government said on Tuesday it would review controversial plans by U.S. tycoon Donald Trump to build a $2 billion golfing development in Scotland after they were rejected by the local council. It said it was intervening because...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Joanna Martin
18,567 words, approx. 62 pages
In the following excerpt, the journals and letters of late eighteenth-century governess Agnes Porter are discussed. Comparisons are made between Porter's experiences and those portrayed in Jane Austen's fiction.
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Critical Essay by Mary Poovey
18,340 words, approx. 61 pages
In the following essay, Poovey focuses on the vast amount of attention given to the “plight” of the governess during the 1840s and 1850s, examining such factors as social stability, the Victorian notion of the domestic ideal, and the increasing economic independence of women.
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Critical Essay by Kathryn Hughes
13,398 words, approx. 45 pages
In the following essay, Hughes provides an overview of governess life, discussing the oftentimes tumultuous relationship between the governess and the mother, the bond a governess might share with her students, and the typical subjects a governess was expected to teach.
 


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