Villette (Annotated with Critical Essay and Biography)

by Charlotte Brontë

Overview

Villette by Charlotte BrontÎ was published in 1853. Aspects of the novel are based on BrontÎís own experiences while living in Brussels (she lived there briefly with her sister, Emily, in 1842, and then again by herself in 1843- 1844).

The protagonist of the novel is Lucy Snowe, a passive and secretive young lady of fourteen. When the novel begins, Lucy is watching Mrs. Bretton (her godmother) and Mrs. Brettonís son, Graham, with a young visitor named Paulina. Paulina, or Polly as she is more commonly called, is taken away by her father, and Lucy leaves soon after that.

This edition is annotated with a critical essay and biography about the life and times of the Bronte family.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940013606494
Publisher:	Golgotha Press
Publication date:	07/07/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	490 KB

About the Author

Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855), English writer noted for her novel Jane Eyre (1847), sister of Anne Brontë and Emily Brontë. The three sisters are almost as famous for their short, tragic lives as for their novels. The collection of poems, Poems By Currer, Ellis And Acton Bell (1846), which Charlotte wrote with her sisters, sold only two copies. Her novel The Professor never found a publisher during her lifetime. Undeterred by this rejection, Charlotte began Jane Eyre, which appeared in 1847 and became an immediate success. Jane Eyre was followed by Shirley (1848) and Vilette (1853).