Marguerite Young's epic novel, Miss MacIntosh, My Darling, was informed by her concept of history and pluralistic psychology, as well as her poetic prose style with its many layers of images and languages.

The narrative is propelled by Vera Cartwheel's cross-country trip to investigate the disappearance of her former governess, Miss MacIntosh.

The novel centers on four archetypal characters: Miss MacIntosh ; Vera's mother, the Opium Lady ; her trustee, Mr. Spitzer ; and Esther Longtree, the waitress.

" Marguerite Young wrote Miss MacIntosh, My Darling as an American epic with an eye on James Joyce's epic of Dublin.

Young's unstated ambition in writing Miss MacIntosh, My Darling was to take up the challenge of her generation, to write " the great American novel.

Later, when she was 10 years old, a governess, Miss Edgeworth, a poor gentlewoman, was employed to educate Elizabeth and her sister.

Mornings were spent in the schoolroom ; there were regimental afternoon walks ; educating the young ladies continued at mealtimes when Miss Edgeworth ate with the family ; at night, the governess slept in a curtained off area in the girls ’ bedroom.

Act II moves to Jack ’ s country house, the Manor House in Woolton, Hertfordshire, where Cecily is found studying with her governess, Miss Prism.

His 1835 novel Le Lys dans la Vallée features a cruel governess named Miss Caroline, modeled after his own caregiver.

This governess was Miss Selina Trimmer, who was the daughter of Mrs Sarah Trimmer, a well-known and respected author of moral tales for children.

He is seduced by Mrs Hyacinth Kirkpatrick ( formerly Miss Clare ), a former governess at nearby Cumnor Towers whom Molly remembers with no affection.

* Jane Austen's novel Emma opens with the eponymous heroine losing Miss Taylor, the governess who had become a family companion, to marriage with Mr. Weston.

As a young woman, Emma's daughter saw her mother reasonably frequently, but later when Emma fell into debt, Miss Carew worked abroad as a companion or governess.

Tanger and Tim head into Hell to rescue Molly and Crimple, who are being held by the strict governess Miss Vuall-the trainer of the multiple Mollies who are Sir Timothy Hunter's docile and dutiful companions.

* Miss Trask: She worked as a Math teacher at Honey's old boarding school, but Honey liked her so much Mr. Wheeler hired her to be Honey's governess.

The play tells the story of Mrs. St Maugham and her granddaughter Laurel, a disturbed child under the care of Miss Madrigal, a governess.

* Miss Venus, the governess ; teacher of Angeline, Sebastian and Maud.

Miss Giddens ( Deborah Kerr ) applies for a job as a governess.

The previous governess, Miss Jessel, died suddenly less than a year ago.

John and Mary are educated at home by a governess called Miss Rose Brown, although they spend about half their time in Rome, and indeed are bilingual in English and Italian.

* Miss Amabel Pierce, a former nursery governess

The often insensitive, well-meaning, incorrigible Emma Woodhouse having engineered the marriage of governess, companion and friend Miss Taylor, now turns her attention towards making a match for Mr Elton, the local vicar, and her new protégée Harriet Smith.

Miss Upton and Miss Packard, as a matter of fact, had many tastes in common.

" She knew the separation of the now common terms Miss and Mrs. had derived from " Mistress ", but one could not suggest that women use the original title with its now louche connotations.

Minor contests, such as the Miss Bondi contest in Australia, are common throughout the world in the summer months.

* Khanum (,, ) is another female derivation of Khan, notably in Turkic languages, for a Khan's Queen-consort, or in some traditions extended as a courtesy title ( a bit like Lady for women not married to a Lord, which is the situation modern Turkish ) to the wives of holders of various other ( lower ) titles ; in Afghanistan, for example, it ended up as the common term for ' Miss ', any unmarried woman.

*" Oh, flowers are as common here, Miss Fairfax, as people are in London.

*: Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest ( Cecily is making a catty remark to Miss Fairfax, a Londoner, by using " common " in two senses, namely " numerous " and " vulgar " as in the expression " common thief.

Fräulein (; literally, " little woman " or " little Mrs .") is the German language honorific previously in common use for unmarried women, comparable to Miss in English.

Miss Puerto Rico is the common name or sash used to identify a Puerto Rican representative in an international pageant.

Owning a title of Lord of the Manor does not by itself replace the title of Mr, Mrs, or Miss, although under English common law a person may chose to be known by any name they see fit as long as it is not done to " commit fraud or evade an obligation.

The most common variety is ' Miss Jekyll ' which has blue flowers, but the more recent ' Persian Jewels ' is a mixture of white, pink, lavender and blue flowers.

On the whole, officers ' individual ranks are not used by the general public and thus, when addressing an officer, it is common to hear the term ( female-), Ukrainian for Mr ./ Miss used to refer to police officers.

Some bigendered individuals forego the use of Mr / Mrs / Miss / Ms altogether, whereas common gender-neutral titles chosen by other bigendered individuals are Ser and Mx, or they.

Like the male counterpart term, Mister Charlie, the term Miss Ann was once common among many African-Americans.

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* Peggy Lee was known as " Miss Peggy Lee " or " Miss Peggy ," and was the inspiration for the Muppets ' Miss Piggy, a stylish self-assured blonde with a sense of romance.

The others eventually decide they are content to stay: Miss Brinklow, to teach the people a sense of sin ; Barnard, because he is really Chalmers Bryant ( wanted by the police for stock fraud ) and because he is keen to develop the gold-mines in the valley ; Conway, because the contemplative scholarly life suits him.

During their time spent at Darlington Hall, Stevens chose to maintain a sense of distance born from his personal understanding of dignity, as opposed to searching and discovering the feelings that existed between himself and Miss Kenton.

Many of the situations are a bit moth-eaten from frequent usage by other writers, but at that Miss Christie manages to invest them with a new sense of individuality that renders them rather absorbing.

This could, however, make sense on the assumption that Windibank was not only interested in Miss Sutherland's money but also in her person ; that the bogus engagement covered an illicit and effectively incestous which might have been mutual, even if not ; that Miss Sutherland on at least some level knew all along who ' Hosmer Angel ' truly was ; and that Holmes was acting in her best interest in not bringing all this out in the open and avoiding a traumatic and shattering breakup of her family in the glare of sensational publicity.

The figures were of classic children ’ s stories, including Peter Pumpkin-Eater, Hansel & Gretel, Little Miss Muffet, Humpty Dumpty, & Red Riding Hood, and incorporated many of the gory elements that consumers had come to expect from McFarlane, but with a sense of ironic humor.

It was followed by " The World and a Man " ( 1896 ), " The Beautiful Miss Brook " ( 1897 ), and " Cleo the Magnificent " ( 1899 ), all distinguished by a certain realistic vividness and somewhat cynical sense of humor.

Not that her rather radiant passion for this well-tailored roughneck makes much sense, but Miss Kerr is a very soothing person and she elevates the tone of the film.

Memories of more than a score of years of devoted service enhance the sense of personal loss which Miss LeHand's passing brings.