num_pages: 585
description: Brontë's romantic heroine Lucy Snowe, a penniless governess attempting to begin life anew in France, is an exceptional example of a great writer transforming her life into art.
language: English
title: Villette
titlecomplete: Villette
characters: M. Paul Carl David Emanuel, Lucy Snowe, Dr. John Graham Bretton, Mrs. Louisa Lucy Bretton, Paulina Mary Home, Madame Modeste Maria Beck, Ginevra Laura Fanshawe
genres: Historical Fiction, Novels, Gothic, Literature, Victorian, Classics, British Literature, Romance, Fiction, 19th Century
ratings_count: 70967
publisher: Signet Classics