McKinney, 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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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MCKHand, Cynthia
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.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HANWood, Maryrose
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 WOOCoville, Katherine
Summary: Presents the story of "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" as told by young Teddy's governess, who came to work at the Vaughn family "cottage" shortly before a golden-haired girl, ragged and dirty, entered the home and soon became a beloved foster child, until evil characters tried to take her away.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC COVWood, Maryrose.
Summary: Fifteen-year-old Miss Penelope Lumley, a recent graduate of the Swanburne Academy for Poor Bright Females, is hired as governess to three young children who have been raised by wolves and must teach them to behave in a civilized manner quickly, in preparation for a Christmas ball.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray 2010
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2 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WOOSummary: Newly appointed nanny Kate is charged with the care of two disturbed orphans, Flora and Miles. Quickly though, she discovers that both the children and the house are harboring dark secrets and things may not be as they appear.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TURAlender, Katie
Summary: The other orphans say Margot is lucky. Lucky to survive the horrible accident that killed her family. Lucky to have her own room because she wakes up screaming every night. And finally, lucky to be chosen by a prestigious family to live at their remote country estate. But it wasn't luck that made the Suttons rescue Margot from her bleak existence at the group home. Margot was handpicked to be a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC ALEBrontë, Charlotte
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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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BROTuransky, 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
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC TURWillig, Lauren.
Summary: Laura Grey, a veteran governess, joins the Selwick Spy School expecting to find elaborate disguises and thrilling exploits. Instead, she is sent to serve as governess for the children of Andre Jaouen, right-hand man to Bonaparte's minister of police. Jaouen and his arch rival, Gaston Delaroche, are investigating a suspected Royalist plot, and Laura's mission is to report anything suspicious. As...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2011
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC WILField, Rachel
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Publisher / Publication Date: Chicago Review Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FIEGuhrke, Laura Lee
Summary: Lady Truelove may be London’s most famous advice columnist, but James St. Clair, the Earl of Kenyon, knows his wild young sons need a tutor, not a new mother. They need a man tough enough to make his hellions tow the line, and James is determined to find one. Miss Amanda Leighton, former schoolteacher and governess, knows she has all the qualifications to be a tutor. And while female tutors...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GUHDe Blasi, Marlena.
Summary: Krakow, 1931. A baby girl is born out of wedlock, and deposited at a remote convent in the French countryside. Amandine is raised by her governess, Solange. As global war looms, the two flee toward Solange's childhood home, and begin a perilous, years-long odyssey across Occupied France-- and deeper into the treacheries of war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ballantine Books 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DEBHornby, Gill
Summary: A richly imagined novel inspired by the true story of Anne Sharp, a governess who became very close with Jane Austen and her family.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Books 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HORLivesey, Margot.
Summary: Overcoming a life of hardship and loneliness, Gemma Hardy, a brilliant and determined young woman, accepts a position as an au pair on the remote Orkney Islands where she faces her biggest challenge yet.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LIVCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Livesey 2012Brontë, 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 BROShoemaker, Sarah
Summary: "<Strong>"Reader, she married me."</strong> For one hundred seventy years, Edward Fairfax Rochester has stood as one of literature's most romantic, most complex, and most mysterious heroes. Sometimes haughty, sometimes tender-professing his love for Jane Eyre in one breath and denying it in the next-Mr. Rochester has for generations mesmerized, beguiled, and, yes, baffled fans of Charlotte...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHOCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SHOCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC SHUWood, Maryrose.
Summary: "Miss Penelope Lumley embarks on an investigation into the mysteries surrounding the Incorrigible children, Lord Ashton, the forests of Ashton Place, and her own past"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Balzer + Bray 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC WOOKline, Christina Baker
Summary: Seduced by her employer's son, Evangeline, a naïve young governess in early nineteenth-century London, is discharged when her pregnancy is discovered and sent to the notorious Newgate Prison. After months in the fetid, overcrowded jail, she learns she is sentenced to "the land beyond the seas," Van Diemen's Land, a penal colony in Australia. Though uncertain of what awaits, Evangeline knows one...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KLICopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KLICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC KLICopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KLICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction Kline 2020Ladd, Sarah E.
Summary: "In Regency England, one letter will alter a young woman's fate when it summons her to Briarton Park--an ancient place that holds the secrets of her past and the keys to her future."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LADLadd, Sarah E
Summary: "In the first of a new series from beloved Regency romance author, Sarah Ladd, Delia, a governess to five recently orphaned children, would risk anything to protect them ... even her heart"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Nelson 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC LADBrontë, Charlotte
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ann Arbor Media Group 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRODe Blasi, Marlena.
Summary: Deemed an illegitimate child by her royal Polish family, Amandine is abandoned as a baby at a French convent. As she grows, Amandine struggles to accept her orphaned state. She longs to put together the missing pieces of her identity, but as WWII engulfs Europe, her time to find answers may be running short.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC DEBBronte, Charlotte
Summary: In early nineteenth-century England, an orphaned young woman accepts employment as a governess at Thornfield Hall, a country estate owned bt the mysteriously remote Mr. Rochester.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 1980