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Pub. Date
c2009
Description
"Cursed by the scorned witch Angelique, Barnabas Collins returns to Collinwood as a creature of the night. In this special release, the story behind Barnabas' transformation from mere mortal to living dead is detailed in a selection of storylines from the supernatural series"--Container.
102) Crown for Christmas
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
After getting fired from her job as a maid at a ritzy New York hotel, Allie reluctantly accepts a temp gig as the governess to a young girl who is part of a powerful family in Europe that lives in an actual castle.
Pub. Date
2015.
Description
A hauntingly atmospheric and star-studded adaptation of Henry James' classic gothic horror story. A young, inexperienced governess is hired to look after two small children abandoned by their uncle, following the death of their parents, at his grand country house. Unsettled by glimpses of ghostly figures that only she can see, she quickly believes that something malevolent is stalking the children in her care.
104) Anna and the King
Description
A true epic story about a woman who challenged the heart of a king and inspired the destiny of a nation. English school teacher Anna Leonowens has traveled to Siam to educate the fifty-eight children of King Mongkut. If she has preconceived notions about the East, the King has similar notions about the West. But amid the danger of growing political unrest, their respect for each other slowly turns into something more.
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Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Disgraced by her past employer, young governess Kate Walcott owes her loyalty to the only woman willing to hire her-the sought-after courtesan Georgette Lawson. Georgette entrusts Kate with the care of her unruly children-and the writing of her shocking memoirs, which detail her affairs with famous gentlemen, including the rakehell who promised to marry her, then ruined her. Sir Colin Boscastle intended to keep his promise to Georgette--until his...
106) The innocents
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
"Set in nineteenth-century England, this gothic ghost story centers around a governess taking care of two orphans in a foreboding Victorian mansion. As eerie apparitions appear and the children's behavior becomes strange, the governess begins to wonder about the fate of the previous governess and her sadistic lover. Could it be that their restless spirits are trying to corrupt the innocence of the children, or is this 'haunting' a product of her...
Author
Series
Governess brides volume 11
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Caitlin MacLeod of Scotland is proud to announce her graduation from The Distinguished Academy of Governesses. She specializes in the womanly arts of housekeeping, picking locks, and overthrowing ruthless dictators, and is looking for a position wherein she can utilize these skills. No dashing, dastardly pirates or faithless, former lovers need seek her services. Ship's captain (and prince in disguise) Taran Tamson is by coincidence in need of the...
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Henriette is the governess at the Paris home of the Duc de Praslin and his jealous wife. When governess and nobleman are drawn to each other, the Duchess erupts in fury and meets a bloody fate. Soon Henriette and the Duc face a world eager to believe the Duc murdered his wife and that the gentle Henriette was a willing accomplice.
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Carousel: On the coast of Maine, a smooth-talking carny barker falls in love with a millworker.
Oklahoma!: Set in Oklahoma territory of the early 1900's, this is the story of Curly and Laurey, who are in love with each other, and Jud, the hired man who also has feelings for Laurey.
South Pacific: An American navy nurse falls in love with a French plantation owner in the South Seas during World War II.
State fair: Musical about the Frake family...
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Crown for Christmas: After being fired from her job as a maid at a New York City hotel, a woman takes on a temporary job as the governess to a young girl who is part of a royal family.
A Christmas melody: A clothing designer closes her small Manhattan boutique to return to her Ohio home town and live in her parents' former home.
It's Christmas, Eve: A school superintendent with a knack for turning around schools meets a single father who works as...
112) Jane Eyre
Pub. Date
2011
Description
When orphaned governess Jane Eyre arrives at imposing Thornfield Hall, she's intrigued by her brooding, wealthy employer, Rochester. His dark moods and the strange occurrences in the house lead her to discover a terrible secret that he had hoped to hide from her forever.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
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 from their accursed fate.
114) Jane Eyre
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Pub. Date
2009
Description
A graphic novel adaption of Charlotte Bronte's tale of Jane Eyre who has a miserable childhood. But when she gets a job as governess at Thornfield Hall she finds a secret that could destroy all her dreams of happiness. Includes information about the Brontë family.
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Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Of especially naughty children it is sometimes said, "They must have been raised by wolves." The Incorrigible children actually were. Since returning from London, the three Incorrigible children and their plucky governess, Miss Penelope Lumley, have been exceedingly busy. The children have taken up bird-watching, with no unfortunate consequences--yet. And a perplexing gift raises hard questions about how Penelope came to be left at the Swanburne...
116) 3 movies
Series
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Three critically-acclaimed British romances featuring talented casts. In Becoming Jane, a dashing young man offends an emerging writer's sense and sensibility. In BridesheadRevisited, Charles Ryder is invited to a charming aristocrat's estate where he is seduced by the opulent lifestyle. In Jane Eyre, Jane finds herself in a passionate romance with a handsome, yet mysterious, gentleman.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
In Becoming Jane, a dashing young man offends an emerging writer's sense and sensibility.
In Brideshead Revisited, Charles Ryder is invited to a charming aristocrat's estate where he is seduced by the opulent lifestyle.
In Jane Eyre, Jane finds herself in a passionate romance with a handsome, yet mysterious, gentleman.