Brontë, Charlotte
Summary: A novel of intense power and intrigue, Jane Eyre has dazzled generations of readers with its depiction of a woman's quest for freedom. Having grown up an orphan in the home of her cruel aunt and at a harsh charity school, Jane Eyre becomes an independent and spirited survivor-qualities that serve her well as governess at Thornfield Hall. But when she finds love with her sardonic employer,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC BROHarper, Karen (Karen S.)
Summary: Katherine Ashley, the daughter of a poor country squire, happily secures an education and a place for herself in the Tudor court of Henry VIII. As a dying favor to the doomed Anne Boleyn, Kat becomes governess and surrogate-mother to the young Elizabeth Tudor.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2010
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charnwood Classic 1981
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1991
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Summary: "Rebecca James unveils a chilling modern gothic novel of a family consumed by the shadows and secrets of its past in The Woman in the Mirror. For more than two centuries, Winterbourne Hall has stood atop a bluff overseeing the English countryside of Cornwall and the sea beyond. In 1947, Londoner Alice Miller accepts a post as governess at Winterbourne, looking after Captain Jonathan de Grey's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Minotaur Books 2020
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Summary: Believing herself guilty of a crime, Olivia Keene flees her home, eventually stumbling upon a grand estate where an elaborate celebration is in progress. But all is not as joyous as it seems. Lord Bradley has just learned a terrible secret, which, if exposed, will change his life forever. When he glimpses a figure on the grounds, he fears a spy or thief had overheard his devastating news. He is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KLABronte, Charlotte
Summary: In early nineteenth-century England, an orphaned young woman accepts employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall, a country estate owned by the mysteriously remote Mr. Rochester.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin 2006
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Summary: Two stories in one volume. The first is the classic story of the relationship between Jane Eyre, a governess, and the eccentric millionaire Rochester. The second tells of the passionate attachment between a headstrong young girl and a foundling boy brought up by her father which causes disaster for them and many others, even in the next generation.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithmark Publishers 1996
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 2002
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.K. Hall 2002
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Summary: A young governess arrives prepared to take chage of six rebellious girls, but finds dealing with their handsome widowed father more difficult.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2003
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC DODTravers, P. L. (Pamela Lyndon)
Summary: A collection of the the first four tales featuring the nanny who blew into the Banks family, changing it forever. MARY POPPINS : An extraordinary English nanny blows in on the East Wind with her parrot-headed umbrella and magic carpetbag and introduces her charges, Jane and Michael, to some delightful people and experiences. MARY POPPINS COMES BACK : Mary Poppins comes back on the end of a kite...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2014
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Summary: Unhappy Penelope Lumley is trapped in unhappy Plinkst! Even the beets for which Plinkst is inexplicably famous fail to grow in this utterly miserable Russian village. Penelope anxiously counts the days and wonders how she will ever get back to England in time to save all the Ashtons--who, she now knows, include herself and the Incorrigible children, although their precise location on the family...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer+Bray, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WOOMcKinney, L. L. (Leatrice L.)
Summary: "In this empowering Black queer romance reimagining of Charlotte Brontë's classic novel, Jane Eyre, the new governess at Thornfield Hall discovers her cruel employer has locked away his wife as revenge for withholding her inheritance and, as his dark plan unfolds, must find a way to save this woman she's come to love"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperTeen, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2024
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Summary: Refusing a job with the Society for the Relocation of Wayward Spirits, Jane Eyre heads to Thornfield Hall to work as a governess for Mr. Rochester.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HANTuransky, Carrie.
Summary: "Worlds lie between the marketplaces of India and the halls of a magnificent country estate like Highland Hall. Will Julia be able to find her place when a governess is neither upstairs family nor downstairs help? Missionary Julia Foster loves working alongside her parents, ministering and caring for young girls in India. But when the family must return to England due to illness, she readily...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013