Villette
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
Published: 2020
Language: eng
Subjects: Autobiographical fiction; Love stories; Women teachers -- Fiction; British -- Belgium -- Fiction; Brussels (Belgium) -- Fiction
Description: <p><a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/charlotte-bronte">Charlotte Brontë’s</a> last novel, <i>Villette</i>, is thought to be most closely modelled on her own experiences teaching in a <i>pensionnat</i> in Brussels, the place on which the fictional town of Villette is based. In the novel, first published in 1853, we follow the protagonist Lucy Snowe from the time she is fourteen and lives with her godmother in rural England, through her family tragedies and departure for the town of Villette where she finds work at a French boarding school. People from her past reappear in dramatic ways, she makes new connections, and she learns the stories and secrets of the people around her. Through it all, the reader is made privy to Lucy’s thoughts, feelings, and journey of self-discovery.</p>