The family of the protagonist of this work loses most of their money when the father invests his savings with a sea merchant whose ship is then wrecked.  
The family of the protagonist of this work loses most of their money when the father invests his savings with a sea merchant whose ship is then wrecked.  One character in this work flirts with and judges a series of men by their wealth after her debutante ball, rejects the rector Mr. Hatfield, and eventually marries Thomas Ashby.  A visit from Uncle Robson prompts the protagonist to crush young birds with a stone in order to prevent them from having their legs and wings pulled off by the sadistic Tom.  After being fired from that job, the protagonist takes a new job where she meets her future husband, the curate Edward Weston.  FTP, name this novel whose title character works for the Murrays and Bloomfields as a governess, a work of Anne Bronte.
The family of the protagonist of this work loses most of their money when the father invests his savings with a sea merchant whose ship is then wrecked.  
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