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Villette

By Charlotte Brontë
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Villette is a poignant exploration of love, loneliness, and identity centred on Lucy Snowe. Leaving England to find her path, she lands in the fictional town of Villette, securing a position at a girls' school. Through her perceptive and introspective nature, Lucy navigates cultural challenges and personal mysteries, creating a richly atmospheric narrative.
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Villette

With neither friends nor family, Lucy Snowe sets sail from England to find employment in a girls' boarding school in the small town of Villette. There, she struggles to retain her self-possession in the face of unruly pupils, the hostility of headmistress Madame Beck, and her own complex feelings.

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With neither friends nor family, Lucy Snowe sets sail from England to find employment in a girls' boarding school in the small town of Villette. There she struggles to retain her self-possession in the face of unruly pupils, an initially suspicious headmaster and her own complex feelings, first for the school's English doctor and then for the dictatorial professor Paul Emmanuel.

Drawing on her own deeply unhappy experiences as a governess in Brussels, Charlotte Brontë's last and most autobiographical novel is a powerfully moving study of isolation and the pain of unrequited love, narrated by a heroine determined to preserve an independent spirit in the face of adverse circumstances.

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Villette by Charlotte Brontë is often lauded for its complex depiction of female independence and psychological depth. Reviewers have praised its atmospheric setting and the introspective nature of its protagonist, Lucy Snowe. Critics often acknowledge its emotional intensity and Brontë’s powerful narrative style, noting its capability to evoke both empathy and introspection in readers.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780140434798

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 June 2004

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 37.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 197.0mm

Weight: 484g

Pages: 672

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About the Author

Charlotte Bronte was born in Yorkshire in 1816. As a child, she was sent to boarding school, where two of her sisters died; she was subsequently educated at home with her younger siblings, Emily, Branwell and Anne. As an adult, Charlotte worked as a governess and taught in a school in Brussels. Jane Eyre was first published in 1847 under the pen-name Currer Bell, and was followed by Shirley (1848), Villette (1853) and The Professor (posthumously published in 1857). In 1854 Charlotte married her father's curate, Arthur Bell Nicholls. She died in March of the following year.

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