LEADER 02830nam 2200637 450 001 9910789797603321 005 20230421053804.0 010 $a1-283-20200-X 010 $a9786613202000 010 $a0-8264-4114-9 035 $a(CKB)2670000000106836 035 $a(EBL)742845 035 $a(OCoLC)741691529 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000526419 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12231448 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000526419 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10519790 035 $a(PQKB)11157504 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5309699 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC742845 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5309699 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11518666 035 $a(OCoLC)1027174808 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL742845 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL320200 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000106836 100 $a20180315h19931993 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Victorian governess /$fKathryn Hughes 210 1$aLondon, England ;$aRio Grande, Ohio :$cThe Hambledon Press,$d1993. 210 4$dİ1993 215 $a1 online resource (277 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-85285-002-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aContents; 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; Index 330 $aThe 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 606 $aGovernesses$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aHome schooling$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aHomebound instruction$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century 615 0$aGovernesses$xHistory 615 0$aHome schooling$xHistory 615 0$aHomebound instruction$xHistory 676 $a371.1/00941/09034 700 $aHughes$b Kathryn$f1959-$0779705 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910789797603321 996 $aThe Victorian governess$93847724 997 $aUNINA