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In a 1749 novel titled for this occupation, fairytales like “Barbarico and Benefico” alternate with physical descriptions of the characters reciting them in sections titled for days of the week. This job titles the first English children’s novel, which was written by Sarah Fielding. In another novel, the title person with this job crushes a brood of birds with a stone to save them from the sadistic Tom Bloomfield. (-5[1])A character with this job is reunited with Edward Weston as she walks along the beach in a novel written using the pen name Acton Bell. Agnes Grey has this job, as does a woman who is locked in the Red Room (10[1])as a child and learns that her employer keeps his mad wife Bertha Mason in the attic. For 10 points, name this occupation of a woman at Thornfield Hall enamored with Mr. Rochester, Jane Eyre. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: governess [accept The Governess; prompt on servant; prompt on teacher; prompt on tutor; reject “nanny” or “au pair”] (The Fielding novel is The Governess; or, The Little Female Academy.)
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