num_pages: 592
description: First published in 1853, Villette draws from Charlotte Brontë's experiences in Brussels in the 1840's. In this emotionally charged tale, we see Lucy Snowe's response to the challenges of her restrictive social environment as she flees from her unhappy past in England to a new life as ateacher at Madame Beck's school in Villette.This new edition features the definitive Clarendon edition of Villette which is derived from the earliest printings of Brontë's great work. The text is supplemented with a newly commissioned introduction, which gives a thorough and in depth analysis of the context of this fine example of thenineteenth century novel.
language: English
title: Villette
titlecomplete: Villette
characters: Mrs. Louisa Lucy Bretton, Lucy Snowe, Madame Modeste Maria Beck, Ginevra Laura Fanshawe, Dr. John Graham Bretton, M. Paul Carl David Emanuel, Paulina Mary Home
genres: Classics, British Literature, Gothic, Novels, Romance, Historical Fiction, Literature, 19th Century, Fiction, Victorian
ratings_count: 70979
publisher: Oxford University Press