Villette by Charlotte Brontë
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"Villette" by Charlotte Brontë is a novel published in 1853. After a family disaster, Lucy Snowe leaves England for the fictional European city of Villette to teach at a girls' school. There she encounters adventure, romance, and emotional turmoil as she navigates relationships with the enigmatic Professor Paul Emanuel and the charming Dr. John Graham Bretton. Drawing from Brontë's own experiences in Brussels, this introspective tale explores loneliness, unrequited love, and one
woman's quest for independence in a foreign land. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855 |
|---|---|
| Title | Villette |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villette_(novel) |
| Credits | Delphine Lettau, Charles Franks and Distributed Proofreaders |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 77.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PR: Language and Literatures: English literature |
| Subject | Autobiographical fiction |
| Subject | Love stories |
| Subject | Women teachers -- Fiction |
| Subject | British -- Belgium -- Fiction |
| Subject | Brussels (Belgium) -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 9182 |
| Release Date | Oct 1, 2005 |
| Last Update | Feb 27, 2026 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 3051 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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