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No, thank you. I have an inveterate aversion to the whole tribe. I’ve often thanked heaven that I had but one sister, and she a spoiled child, so that I have escaped the infliction of a governess so long.

Thirty-eight, he said yesterday, and he married very early. I asked Albinia if her son would be in tail-coats; but she thought I was laughing at her, and would not say. She is quite eager at the notion of being governess to the girls

Father - Mother - Thornton - Childhood - School days - Governess life - Poems and more. With footnotes.Originally published 1905.

— This is a First paragraph of The Magic Nuts —Little Leonore pressed her face against the window of the railway carriage and tried hard to see out. But it was no use. It all looked so dark and black, all the darker and blacker for the gl… more

No, thank you. I have an inveterate aversion to the whole tribe. I’ve often thanked heaven that I had but one sister, and she a spoiled child, so that I have escaped the infliction of a governess so long.

Whoa. You know you’re dealing with something hot when it’s only reprinted privately and anonymously in the late ‘60s. Brother and sister watch father and governess at play… feel compelled to act along. Their home-schooling continues to th… more

As an orphan, Jane’s childhood is not an easy one but her independence and strength of character keep her going through the miseries inflicted by cruel relatives and a brutal school. However, her biggest challenge is yet to come. Taking a j… more

“No, thank you. I have an inveterate aversion to the whole tribe. I”ve often thanked heaven that I had but one sister, and she a spoiled child, so that I have escaped the infliction of a governess so long.”

(Female domination over males and females.) Madam runs ‘management Building’ courses at her remote manor house on the desolate moors. She is strict with the men, exceedingly so and lives up to her title of ‘The Governess’. On these courses … more

The erotic novel that took the nation by stormBehind a façade of cultured respectability lies a world of decadent indulgence and dark eroticism. Cassandra’s sheltered life is transformed when she gets employed as governess to the Baron’s ch… more

A primer on Surrendering Yourself to The Rule of Women. A description of Femina, the state of complete Female Domination and what should you expect if you enter this domain.You will be immediately arrested, stripped naked, collared and sent… more

On that bright spring afternoon when three happy, interested childrenwent off to the woods with their governess to take their first lesson inthe study of wild flowers, they saw also some other things which made afresh series of “Elmridge Ta… more

An excerpt from the book - Adrian and Amaranthé were born in an old castle, that had once been thescene of splendour and festivity, but, together with the fortunes of itsowners, had fallen very much into decay. Their parents, in proudresent… more

Winner of the 2012 Daphne du Maurier Award For Excellence in Mystery/SuspenseWhich were more dangerous—his secret desires… or her own? Cruel false gossip and scandal follow Velvet Campbell everywhere she goes in London—and for the sak… more

Beryl finds herself on a train headed out west – into exile. Her parents have sent her there for the summer with her governess after she has been expelled from an exclusive Philadelphia boarding school for getting caught at a party where … more

The supremely talented Margo Maguire brings us Seducing the Governess—the first in her lush historical series set in England’s colorful Regency Era, featuring the lost heiresses of a powerful duke and their surprising discoveries of fortune… more

Who is this man?The Duke of Thanet may have hired her as a governess to his six-year-old son, but there is something … different about the devilish rogue standing before her today. He seems to study her with an intensity she never notic… more

A classic turn-of-the-century ghost story. An unnamed narrator listens to a male friend reading a manuscript written by a former governess whom the friend claims to have known and who is now dead. The manuscript tells the story of how the … more

The beautiful lesbian dominatrix Freja von Hohenfels, Lord Camberley’s new governess at his London residence in Mayfair, has been chosen for her strict disciplinary dominance with strap and cane. She soon has reddened bottoms both upstairs … more

There were three of us—Mary, Eliza, and myself. I was approaching fifteen, Mary was about a year younger, and Eliza between twelve and thirteen years of age. Mamma treated us all as children, and was blind to the fact that I was no longer w… more