Villette by Charlotte Bront? (English) Hardcover Book

Description: Villette by Charlotte Brontë Villette 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 French-speaking city of Villette to teach at a girls school, where she is drawn into adventure and romance.Villette was Charlotte Brontës third and last novel; it was preceded by The Professor (her posthumously published first novel, of which Villette is a reworking), Jane Eyre, and Shirley.In 1842 Charlotte Brontë, at the age of 26, travelled to Brussels, Belgium, with her sister Emily. There they enrolled in a pensionnat (boarding school) run by M. and Mme. Constantin Héger. In return for board and tuition, Charlotte taught English and Emily taught music.The sisters time at the pensionnat was cut short when their aunt, Elizabeth Branwell, died in October 1842. Elizabeth had joined the Brontë family to care for their children after the death of Maria Brontë, née Maria Branwell, the mother of the Brontë sisters.Charlotte returned, alone, to Brussels in January 1843 to take up a teaching post at the pensionnat. Her second stay in Brussels was not a happy one. She became lonely and homesick, and fell in love with M. Héger, a married man. She finally returned to her familys rectory in Haworth, England, in January 1844.Charlotte drew on this source material for her first (albeit unsuccessful) novel The Professor. After several publishers had rejected it, Brontë reworked the material and made it the basis of Villette. Most literary historians believe that the character of M. Paul Emanuel is closely based upon that of M. Héger. Furthermore, the character of Graham Bretton is widely acknowledged to have been modelled upon Brontës publisher, George Murray Smith, who was her suitor at one time.The novel is initially set in the English countryside, and later follows Lucy Snowe to the fictional Belgian town of Villette, a Gothic town where the majority of the action takes place. Villette is modelled upon the city of Brussels and is set in the fictional kingdom of Labassecour (modelled on Belgium). "Labassecour" is the French word for farmyard. (wikipedia.org) FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Long Description Villette is an 1853 novel written by English author Charlotte Bront Details ISBN1644390736 ISBN-10 1644390736 ISBN-13 9781644390733 Format Hardcover Pages 372 Year 2019 Imprint Indoeuropeanpublishing.com DEWEY FIC Illustrations Illustrations, black and white Publisher Indoeuropeanpublishing.com Publication Date 2019-01-15 Language English UK Release Date 2019-01-15 Audience General Author Charlotte Brontë We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:134277723;

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