02830nam 2200637 450 991081248670332120230421053804.01-283-20200-X97866132020000-8264-4114-9(CKB)2670000000106836(EBL)742845(OCoLC)741691529(SSID)ssj0000526419(PQKBManifestationID)12231448(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000526419(PQKBWorkID)10519790(PQKB)11157504(MiAaPQ)EBC5309699(MiAaPQ)EBC742845(Au-PeEL)EBL5309699(CaPaEBR)ebr11518666(OCoLC)1027174808(Au-PeEL)EBL742845(CaONFJC)MIL320200(EXLCZ)99267000000010683620180315h19931993 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Victorian governess /Kathryn HughesLondon, England ;Rio Grande, Ohio :The Hambledon Press,1993.©19931 online resource (277 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-85285-002-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; 1 Reader, I Married Him; 2 A Matter of Necessity; 3 Take a Lady; 4 A Perfect Treadmill of Learning; 5 They Dwell Alone; 6 A Tabooed Woman; 7 A Contract without Equality; 8 A Lady with a Profession; 9 Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThe 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 aGovernessesGreat BritainHistory19th centuryHome schoolingGreat BritainHistory19th centuryHomebound instructionGreat BritainHistory19th centuryGovernessesHistoryHome schoolingHistoryHomebound instructionHistory371.1/00941/09034Hughes Kathryn1959-779705MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812486703321The Victorian governess4021662UNINA