Governess
in example sentence
It is easy to judge what a fright I was in upon this occasion, and it was impossible for my
governess
ever to bring me to dress in that disguise again; for, as I told her, I should certainly betray myself.
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By saving money and working as a
governess
and tutor, she eventually was able to move to Paris to study at the reputed Sorbonne.
The story(as i'm sure most people know)is this,the young and plain Jane Eyre is a teacher at a charity school for girls in the 1800's who advertises her services as a
governess
in the newspapers.She is offered the post of
governess
at the big mansion Thornfield Hall to tutor Adele the young ward of the halls mysterious and respected owner Mr Rochester.
For Emma, it was playing matchmaker and having a new friend to while away the time with after having suffered the loss of her
governess
to marriage.
Last night I finished re-watching "Jane Eyre" (1983), the BBC mini-series adapted from Charlotte Bronte's Gothic romance novel which is deservingly a classic of English literature with Timothy Dalton (my favorite James Bond) as Mr. Edward Rochester and Zelah Clarke, as Jane Eyre, a poor orphaned 18-year-old girl, a
governess
at Mr. Rochester's estate, Thornfield.
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