The Governess; Or, The Little Female Academy

by Sarah Fielding

EN·~5 hours·40 chapters

Chapters

40 total

by Sarah Fielding

4:26

AN ACCOUNT OF A FRAY, - BEGUN AND CARRIED ON FOR THE SAKE OF AN APPLE: IN WHICH ARE SHOWN THE SAD EFFECTS OF RAGE AND ANGER.

7:07

A DIALOGUE BETWEEN MISS JENNY PEACE AND MISS SUKEY JENNETT;

9:25

A SCENE OF LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP, QUITE THE REVERSE OF THE BATTLE,

6:24

THE DESCRIPTION OF MISS JENNY PEACE.

2:20

THE LIFE OF MISS JENNY PEACE.

15:31

MONDAY.

0:53

THE STORY OF THE CRUEL GIANT BARBARICO, THE GOOD GIANT BENEFICO, - AND THE LITTLE PRETTY DWARF MIGNON.

19:23

A CONTINUATION OF THE STORY OF THE GIANTS.

17:28

TUESDAY. THE SECOND DAY.

6:02

Description

Being the history of Mrs. Teachum, and her nine girls. With their nine days amusement: Calculated for the entertainment and instruction of young ladies in their education.

Details

Language

Duration

~5 hours (297K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Pat Pflieger, and David Widger

Release date

1999-09-01

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

Schools -- Fiction Didactic fiction Governesses -- Fiction Girls' schools -- Fiction School children -- Fiction

About the author

Sarah Fielding

1710–1768

Best known for The Adventures of David Simple and The Governess, this pioneering 18th-century writer helped shape both the English novel and children's literature. Her fiction is remembered for its warmth, moral seriousness, and unusual attention to the inner lives of women and children.

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