Charlotte Bronte

Villette, by Charlotte Bronte (illustrated)

Villette, by Charlotte Brontë (illustrated) Villette is Brontë's most accomplished and deeply felt work, eclipsing even Jane Eyre in critical acclaim. Her narrator, the autobiographical Lucy Snowe, flees England and a tragic past to become an instructor in a French boarding school in the town of Villette. There she unexpectedly confronts her feelings of love and longing as she witnesses the fitful romance between Dr. John, a handsome young Englishman, and Ginerva Fanshawe, a beautiful coquette. The first pain brings others, and with them comes the heartache Lucy has tried so long to escape. Yet in spite of adversity and disappointment, Lucy Snowe survives to recount the unstinting vision of a turbulent life's journey - a journey that is one of the most insightful fictional studies of a woman's consciousness in English literature. -Illustrated Edition By J. R Wyrhta-Remastered Cover-Charlotte Bronte's novel 'Villette' introduces us to Lucy Snowe, a sensible young woman with no family of her own. In this lesson we'll summarize how this Bronte heroine struggles through life and losses with grace and kindness.-Characters: Mrs. Bretton, Paulina, John Graham Bretton, Mr. Home, Miss Marchmont, Ginevra Fanshawe, M. Paul Emanuel, Madame BeckLucy falls in love with two men. The first, Dr. John, is handsome and charming, based on one of Charlotte's publishers on whom she had a crush. The second guy, M. Paul Emmanuel, is weird looking, cranky, sexist, and demanding. He's a teacher at the same school as Lucy. He is a stand-in for Bronte's unrequited love, the teacher M. Heger, who was married. There's a lot of repressed female rage here. A wonderful novel and beautifully illustrated. Categories. Classics, Romance fiction