Governess
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The same night that I was sent to Newgate, I sent the news of it to my old
governess
, who was surprised at it, you may be sure, and spent the night almost as ill out of Newgate, as I did in it.
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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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