Charlotte BrontÙ
Villette
- ISBN 13:
- 9780141199887
- author:
- Charlotte BrontÙ
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Penguin Classics
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2012
- Pages:
- 624
- Dimensions:
- 19.6 x 12.8 x 3.2 cm
- Genre:
- Fiction, Classics, ,
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The conviction that Fate was of stone, and Hope a false idol - blind, bloodless, and of granite core - had firmly taken hold in Lucy Snowe's soul. She felt the trial God had appointed her was nearing its climax, and it was time for her to take action.
With neither friends nor family to turn to, Lucy sets sail from England to find employment at a girls' boarding school in the small town of Villette. There, she struggles to maintain her composure in the face of unruly pupils, an initially suspicious headmaster, and her own complex emotions for the school's English doctor and the dictatorial professor Paul Emmanuel.
This powerful study of isolation and unrequited love is narrated by a heroine determined to preserve her independent spirit in the face of adversity. A deeply personal novel that draws on Charlotte Brontë's own experiences as a governess, Villette is a moving exploration of the human condition.
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