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This was a Librovox recording that was ok. I thought that the voice of Agnes was a bit whiny. This matched the first half of the book which was Agnes's narrative about the awful students in her care. I sympathized with her a bit and thought that not only the students but parents were absolutely awful and disrespectful. It is interesting how little preparation a governess had for taking care of the young people she spent all day teaching and guiding. Going into a family with predefined behavior a
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I knew nothing of this story before I read it. I didn't know what to expect. I really liked it.
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Snap finds a good home. Phew. There's that.
Otherwise this was sometimes good and sometimes boring.
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Otherwise this was sometimes good and sometimes boring.
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