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Villette (Penguin Classics) | 
 enlarge | Author: Charlotte Bronte
Creator: Helen Cooper
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Category: Book
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 85427
Media: Paperback
Pages: 672
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 1.3
ISBN: 0140434798
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.8
EAN: 9780140434798
ASIN: 0140434798
Publication Date: December 28, 2004
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Product Description
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. Charlotte Bronte 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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 A questionable masterpiece August 9, 2005
A. Siegel
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
After reading Jane Eyre I searched for another of Charlotte Bronte's novels. Villette is just as much worth reading as Eyre.
The story follows a woman, Lucy Snowe, from England to France, where she becomes a teacher at a French school for girls. Strange circumstances bring back old friends from the past, and new friends show her that she is, in fact, worthy of love.
Although the prose is beautiful, this novel is full of a sort of dark and ominous feeling that is so affecting that it is almost impossible to take your eyes off the page.
This book is really worth reading.
Enchanting, honest novel April 5, 2006
Linda Wellesley
13 out of 13 found this review helpful
I highly recommend this book to anyone who appreciates raw human emotion with exceptional imagery to guide the reader through the thoughtful text. After reading Jane Eyre, I felt compelled to explore other Bronte works and found this to be the true masterpiece. Although at times not as accessible as Eyre, Villette is more sincere. There are no gothic mysteries to cloud the writing, instead just a very real account of what seems to be an autobiography of Bronte's life.
The first time I read this it seemed a bit difficult to get through, but I guarantee you will not be disappointed. It is very brooding, with nothing to hide the main character's insecurity that very much parallels that of Charlotte Bronte. There is a magic in this book that is not describable, and ranks at the top of my list of favorites!
I cannot say it better.... June 1, 2007
Bruce Oksol (San Antonio)
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
"All these weary days, I have not for one hour forgotten you." -- Lucy Snowe in Charlotte Bronte's Villette.
Edition of Villette March 15, 2007
S. L. Cheek (Denison, TX United States)
Be careful which edition you buy of this work. It is lovely, don't get me wrong, and it's funny -- Charlotte Bronte's characters have a lot of spunk -- but there are some long love passages in French you do not want to miss, and most copies of classics do not have translations! Get the Oxford World's Classics edition if you can; the last Penguin I looked at did not have footnotes or translations.
Another lovely tale from Bronte March 24, 2007
Misfit (Seattle, WA USA)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Another semi-autobiographical tale from Charlotte Bronte, based upon her time spent teaching in Belgium. This is not a novel of page turning excitement, but a lovely tale of one woman's battle to maintain her independence.
It's very interesting how the author brings characters in and out of her tale, and ties them all together in the end. Along with that, Bronte's gorgeous prose and all those large words that make you want to go running for the dictionary.
A lovely tale, one to savour like a fine red wine or chocolate, and an old classic worth rediscovering (or to discover for the first time). If you enjoyed Jane Eyre this is worth checking out.
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