The Victorian governess / Kathryn Hughes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hughes, Kathryn, 1959- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Governesses--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Governesses.

Home schooling--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Home schooling.

Homebound instruction--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Homebound instruction.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Place of Publication:

London, England ; Rio Grande, Ohio : The Hambledon Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The 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

Contents:

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; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-283-20200-X

9786613202000

0-8264-4114-9

OCLC:

741691529