On top of this, she has to deal with her immature and melodramatic mistress, Lady Ashton, who sees the children as an unnecessary burden.
It is amusing to watch her struggle to teach these children math, geography, dram, and Latin, as they are quite determined to behave like pups. Penelope, an orphan herself, forms a very strong empathetic bond with the children: Alexander, Beowulf, and Cassiopeia. She is to be governess to three kids of questionable origins.
In The Mysterious Howling, the first book in the series, a very young Penelope Lumley of Swanburne Academy finds employment at Ashton Place. While I rarely wade into children’s books, I have to say this was a joyful discovery. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place series caught my attention by its lovely cover jacket and an intriguing premise - a young governess hired to educate three children who appeared to be raised by wolves.
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