Villette

Now considered by many to be Charlotte Bronte s best novel, though unlikely to eclipse "Jane Eyre" in fame and popularity, "Villette" is largely concerned with the experiences of Lucy Snowe in a girl's boarding school in a fictionalised Belgium. Lucy flees unhappiness in England only to find more ab [...]
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Now considered by many to be Charlotte Bronte s best novel, though unlikely to eclipse "Jane Eyre" in fame and popularity, "Villette" is largely concerned with the experiences of Lucy Snowe in a girl's boarding school in a fictionalised Belgium. Lucy flees unhappiness in England only to find more abroad. Her love for Dr John unrequited, she slowly realises that a deeper attachment is growing between her and her irascible domineering mentor and colleague, M. Paul Emanuel. The promise of fulfilment and the realisation of love with a man with whom she might live on something like equal terms hangs in the balance in a story that dwells on powerful emotions without ever lapsing into sentimentality."