Product Description

Published in 1749, the story of Mrs. Teachum and the nine pupils who make up her "little female academy" is widely recognized as the first full-length novel for children, and the first to be aimed specifically at girls. The daily experiences of Mrs. Teachum’s charges are interwoven with fables and fairy tales illustrating the book’s underlying principles, which draw on contemporary theories of education and virtue. This work is as central to the history of the novel as it is to the development of children’s literature. This Broadview edition includes a critical introduction that places The Governess in its cultural and literary context; appendices include examples of eighteenth-century educational literature and selections from Fielding’s correspondence.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #501311 in Books
• Published on: 2004-09-01
• Format: Illustrated
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 242 pages

Mike Hill, University at Albany, State University of New York
With this fine edition... Candace Ward has provided an extraordinary service to students, critics, and readers of 18th-century writing.

From the Publisher
The Broadview Editions series is an effort to represent the ever-changing canon of literature in English by bringing together texts long regarded as classics with valuable, lesser-known literature. Newly type-set and produced on high-quality paper in trade paperback format, the Broadview Editions series is a delight to handle as well as to read.

Each volume includes a full introduction, chronology, bibliography, and explanatory notes along with a variety of documents from the period, giving readers a rich sense of the world from which the work emerged.

About the Author
Candace Ward is an Assistant Professor of English at Florida State University.