Villette (novel)
1853 novel by Charlotte Brontë / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Villette (/viːˈlɛt/) is an 1853 novel written by English author Charlotte Brontë. After an unspecified family disaster, the protagonist Lucy Snowe travels from her native England to the fictional Continental city of Villette to teach at a girls' school, where she is drawn into adventure and romance.
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Author | Charlotte Brontë |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Genre | Romance novel |
Publisher | Smith, Elder & Co. |
Publication date | January 1853 |
Media type | Print: hardback octavo |
Pages | 993, in three volumes |
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LC Class | PR4167 .V5 |
Preceded by | Shirley |
Followed by | The Professor |
Text | Villette at Wikisource |
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Villette was Charlotte Brontë's third and last novel published during her life. It was preceded in writing by The Professor (her posthumously published first novel, of which Villette is a reworking, though still not very similar), Jane Eyre, and Shirley.