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...next years were filled with reverses. She took a job as a governess in Yorkshire to supplement the meager family income, was crushed to find herself treated as a common servant. Hoping to start her own school, she enrolled in a Brussels pensionnat to perfect her French and learn feminine "accomplishments"; instead, she broke her heart over the school's happily married director...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The Cinderella Switch | 9/15/1967 | See Source »

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