Villette Annotated |
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Author:
| Brontë, Charlotte |
ISBN: | 979-8-8267-2016-5 |
Publication Date: | May 2022 |
Publisher: | Independently Published
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $15.99 |
Book Description:
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Villette, written in 1853 by Charlotte Bronte, details the life of the first-person narrator, Lucy Snowe, and her transition to adulthood after moving from London, England, to Villette, France. The novel opens with Lucy's visits with Mrs. Bretton, her godmother, and Mrs. Bretton's son, John Graham Bretton. During these early years of Lucy's life, another child named Paulina Home stays with the Brettons after her mother's death. While the reader does not find out much about...
More DescriptionVillette, written in 1853 by Charlotte Bronte, details the life of the first-person narrator, Lucy Snowe, and her transition to adulthood after moving from London, England, to Villette, France. The novel opens with Lucy's visits with Mrs. Bretton, her godmother, and Mrs. Bretton's son, John Graham Bretton. During these early years of Lucy's life, another child named Paulina Home stays with the Brettons after her mother's death.
While the reader does not find out much about Lucy's past, she does reveal that she is left alone in the world and, dressed in mourning clothes, the reader can only presume that all of her close family have died. In this first bout of loneliness, she meets Miss Marchmont, an elderly lady who hires Lucy to travel with her and care for her.
After Miss Marchmont's death, Lucy is once more left on her own. She perceives that the lights of the Aurora Borealis speak to her and tell her to travel to London, where her spirit is bolstered even more by the impressive architecture of St. Paul's Cathedral. It is in this section of the book, in Chapter Six, that Lucy decides to travel to France.
In this first part of the novel, Lucy is naive and unprepared for independent living. While she is able to secure an income for herself, she is still missing the emotional connection to others--hers is a life onky half-fulfilled...