Everyman's Library Classics Series: Villette : Introduction by Lucy Hughes-Hallett (Hardcover)

from atimco

I picked up Villette after my recent reread of Jane Eyre; surely Charlotte Brontë's genius, so sure and strong in her famous Gothic classic, would not fail in this novel. It did not, but it is of a different kind. I am not disappointed exactly, but I am left a bit thoughtful about the merit of th...

from baswood

[Villette] by Charlotte Bronte It is hard to believe that Villette was published in 1853 and yet its style is so very reminiscent of its era. It reads like a Victorian novel but one with hardly any plot to speak of, there are ghosts, there are love stories, there are strict manners and men rule t...

from StoutHearted

A surprising novel, since it starts out frustratingly slow. But it soon develops into a fine psychological novel with gothic themes thrown in for extra measure. The novel's heroine, Lucy Snowe, is an orphan sent to the care of her kindly godmother, but soon must make it out into the world on her ...

from AbigailAdams26

Considered Charlotte Brontë's most autobiographical novel, Villette follows the story of Lucy Snow, perhaps one of the most self-contained heroines in all of nineteenth-century literature. Penniless and alone in the world, Lucy pursues her fortune abroad, teaching at a girls' school in the French...

from eleanor_eader

With neither friend nor family to turn to, Lucy Snowe leaves England (it would be easy to say 'is forced by reduced circumstance', but her character is capable of more than passive decision) with the slightest notion of employment in the fictional (Belgian?) town of Villette. Quickly dealing with...