governess, Byronic

Charlotte Brontë was the most professional of the sisters, consciously trying to achieve financial success from the family's literary efforts. Her novel Jane Eyre, the story of a governess and her passionate love for her Byronic employer, Mr. Rochester, is ranked among the great English novels.


governess Hide phonetics
noun [C]
(especially in the past) a woman who lives with a family and teaches their children at home


BYRONIC
a.

Pertaining to, or in the style of, Lord Byron.

With despair and Byronic misanthropy.

Thackeray