# The Story of a Governess Author: Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret), 1828-1897 Genre: Category: Novels Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59918 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Story+of+a+Governess+Oliphant&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary Janet Summerhayes did not start in life with the feelings usually attributed to the young governess when beginning what is certainly a very thankless trade, with about as little prospect of continued prosperity as any in the world. Many representations of that sad and resigned young heroine have appeared before the world. We all know the appearance of the slight girl in deep mourning shyly coming into a strange house and a new world, shrinking alike from kindness and neglect; feeling that she is likely to be shut out there from everything that is agreeable, expecting humiliation, and, if not ready to take offence, at least quite aware that nobody is likely to take her feelings into consid... ## Chapters - [CHAPTER LI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/52/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/49/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/38/index.md) - [CHAPTER L.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/51/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/32/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/25/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/26/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/17/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/46/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/37/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/45/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/34/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/47/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/28/index.md) - [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/8/index.md) - [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/13/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/15/index.md) - [CHAPTER XX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/21/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/50/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/23/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/48/index.md) - [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/1/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/43/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/29/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/30/index.md) - [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/11/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/36/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/40/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/33/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/35/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/24/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/19/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/31/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/27/index.md) - [did. Janet would not perhaps have gone farther than this if her](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/10/index.md) - [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/4/index.md) - [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/12/index.md) - [CHAPTER XL.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/41/index.md) - [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/16/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/20/index.md) - [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/14/index.md) - [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/6/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/22/index.md) - [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/18/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/44/index.md) - [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/2/index.md) - [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/7/index.md) - [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/3/index.md) - [CHAPTER XXXVIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/39/index.md) - [CHAPTER LII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/53/index.md) - [CHAPTER XLI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/42/index.md) - [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/5/index.md) - [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-story-of-a-governess-59918/chapters/9/index.md)