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Villette |
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| By (author): |
Charlotte Brontë Edited by: Kate Lawson Introduction by: Lynn Shakinovsky, Kate Lawson |
| ISBN10-13: |
1551114615 : 9781551114613 |
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Paperback |
| Pages: |
648 |
| Weight: |
.871 Kg. |
| Published: |
Broadview Press - December 2005 |
| List Price: |
25.75 Pounds Sterling |
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In Stock
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| Charlotte BrontÃ"â s contemporary George Eliot wrote of Villette, â There is something almost preternatural in its power.â The deceptive stillness and security of a girlsâ school provide the setting for this 1853 novel, BrontÃ"â s last. Modelled on BrontÃ"â s own experiences as a student and teacher in Brussels, Villette is the sombre but engrossing story of Lucy Snowe, an unmarried Englishwoman making her way in a culture deeply foreign to her. The heroineâ s relationships with the fiery professor M. Paul, the cool Englishman Dr. John, and the schoolâ s powerful headmistress, Madame Beck, are described in her compelling and enigmatic first-person narration. This Broadview edition includes a critical introduction by Kate Lawson and Lynn Shakinovsky. The many contextual documents include contemporary writings on surveillance and espionage, anti-Catholicism, and working women, as well as letters describing BrontÃ"â s own time in Brussels. |
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