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{{Template}}A '''governess''' is a female employee of a family who teaches children within their home. In contrast to a [[nanny]] (formerly called a nurse) or a [[babysitter]], she concentrates on ''teaching'' children, not their physical needs. Her charges are of school age, not babies. {{Template}}A '''governess''' is a female employee of a family who teaches children within their home. In contrast to a [[nanny]] (formerly called a nurse) or a [[babysitter]], she concentrates on ''teaching'' children, not their physical needs. Her charges are of school age, not babies.
 +==In fiction==
 +Several well-known works of fiction, particularly in the nineteenth century, have focused on governesses.
 +*[[Charlotte Brontë]]'s ''[[Jane Eyre]]''
 +*[[Anne Brontë]]'s ''[[Agnes Grey]]''
 +*[[Henry James]]'s most famous governess is the over-sensitive, perhaps hysterical one in ''[[The Turn of the Screw]]''.
 +*[[Maria von Trapp|Maria]], the main character in ''[[The Sound of Music]]'', leaves [[convent]] life to become a governess.
 +*[[Terry Pratchett]]'s ''[[Discworld]]'' novel ''[[Hogfather]]'' features a governess named [[Susan Sto Helit]].
 +*Soap opera ''[[Dark Shadows]]'' featured the character Victoria Winters as the governess to David Collins.
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A governess is a female employee of a family who teaches children within their home. In contrast to a nanny (formerly called a nurse) or a babysitter, she concentrates on teaching children, not their physical needs. Her charges are of school age, not babies.

In fiction

Several well-known works of fiction, particularly in the nineteenth century, have focused on governesses.




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