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Ten of the most memorable governesses in literature
At the Guardian, John Mullan named ten of the most memorable governesses in literature.One entry on the list:Vanity Fair by William Makepeace ThackerayIt seems to be Becky Sharp's fate to be a governess: she is clever, educated and impecunious, so she takes a job in the household of Sir Pitt Crawley. But she has ideas well above this modest station and has soon used her intimacy with the family