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Villette

by Charlotte Brontë

With J. M. Dent and Company

A young woman travels from England to the fictional town of Villette where she makes new connections and encounters people from her past.

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First published
1853
Length
197,010 words
Reading time
About 13 hr 41 min
Language
English (UK)

About the book

Charlotte Brontë’s last novel, Villette , is thought to be most closely modelled on her own experiences teaching in a pensionnat in Brussels, the place on which the fictional town of Villette is based. In the novel, first published in 1853, we follow the protagonist Lucy Snowe from the time she is fourteen and lives with her godmother in rural England, through her family tragedies and departure for the town of Villette where she finds work at a French boarding school. People from her past reappear in dramatic ways, she makes new connections, and she learns the stories and secrets of the people around her. Through it all, the reader is made privy to Lucy’s thoughts, feelings, and journey of self-discovery.

First published 1853; the Read4Max reading text contains approximately 197,010 words arranged in 43 navigable sections.

The source metadata identifies Annotator: J. M. Dent and Company.

About the author

Charlotte Brontë

Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855) is described by Wikidata as British novelist and poet (1816-1855), with citizenship or national association recorded as United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Recorded occupations include poet, novelist, writer, governess, and teacher. Languages recorded for Charlotte Brontë include English. Wikidata lists Jane Eyre, Villette, Shirley, The Professor, and Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell among Charlotte Brontë's notable works. Open Library identifies Professor as a leading work in its author record. Open Library catalogs 1 works under this author record. The Read4Max catalog currently includes Jane Eyre and Villette under Charlotte Brontë's authorship.

1816–1855

Contributors

Annotator

J. M. Dent and Company

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Themes and ideas

  • Autobiographical fiction
  • Love stories
  • Women teachers
  • British
  • Brussels (Belgium)

Table of contents

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Show all 43 sections
  1. I
  2. II
  3. III
  4. IV
  5. V
  6. VI
  7. VII
  8. VIII
  9. IX
  10. X
  11. XI
  12. XII
  13. XIII
  14. XIV
  15. XV
  16. XVI
  17. XVII
  18. XVIII
  19. XIX
  20. XX
  21. XXI
  22. XXII
  23. XXIII
  24. XXIV
  25. XXV
  26. XXVI
  27. XXVII
  28. XXVIII
  29. XXIX
  30. XXX
  31. XXXI
  32. XXXII
  33. XXXIII
  34. XXXIV
  35. XXXV
  36. XXXVI
  37. XXXVII
  38. XXXVIII
  39. XXXIX
  40. XL
  41. XLI
  42. XLII
  43. Endnotes
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