Het onderwijzeresje by Felicie Jehu
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"Het onderwijzeresje" by Felicie Jehu is a novel written in the early 20th century. It follows Thea van Welderen, a newly certified young teacher from a financially strained Dutch family, who accepts a post as a live‑in governess in Brussels. The story centers on her homesickness, sense of duty, and moral growth as she navigates class differences and delicate family dynamics in a wealthy household. The opening of the novel introduces Thea’s
home: her disabled, once‑promising father, her practical mother, and four lively siblings, all buoyed when Thea passes another teaching exam. When tutoring her little brother falters, a letter arrives offering her a well‑paid governess position in Brussels; after an emotional struggle, she resolves to go to help her family. Her farewell is tender—her father counsels pride without jealousy—then the train journey shows her loneliness, eased briefly by a kind fellow traveler. In Brussels she meets the imposing Mrs. van Gendringen, discovers the household’s hierarchy, and is introduced to two charges: Armand, the spoiled, adored son, and Constance, the neglected stepdaughter who bristles yet quietly aches; that first day ends with Thea’s tears and Constance shyly seeking comfort, hinting at the bonds—and trials—ahead. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Jehu, Felicie, 1865-1956 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Raemaekers, Louis, 1869-1956 |
| Title | Het onderwijzeresje |
| Original Publication | Alkmaar: P. Kluitman, 1908. |
| Credits | Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg |
| Language | Dutch |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Young women -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Teachers -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Governesses -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 78835 |
| Release Date | Jun 9, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 1122 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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