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  • Villette (AmazonClassics Edition)

  • By: Charlotte Brontë
  • Narrated by: Justine Eyre
  • Length: 20 hrs and 48 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (24 ratings)

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Villette (AmazonClassics Edition)

By: Charlotte Brontë
Narrated by: Justine Eyre
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Publisher's summary

Without family or means, the strong-willed Lucy Snowe escapes the English countryside for the town of Villette. Though overwhelmed by a new culture and a foreign language, Lucy finds employment at an all-girls boarding school. Her self-reliance is soon compromised by her affections for two men: the kindhearted Dr. Bretton and the imperious professor M. Paul Emanuel. As Lucy longs for both independence and passion in a patriarchal society, fate plays its hand.

Inspired by Charlotte Brontë’s own experiences while teaching in Brussels, Villette is revolutionary for its modernity and unsparing psychological insight into the mind of an isolated and conflicted woman.

Revised edition: Previously published as Villette, this edition of Villette (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.

Public Domain (P)2020 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.
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Loved it. The writing is bright and exciting, sndvery rich compared to modern ways of speaking. Much is thoughtfully discussed that we don’t think about much now. Emotional and passionate.

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Such a tender story about a woman who had to be strong, and never expected love, but ended up finding it (this part is fair) and then losing it. And yet I think she will go on and make a good life for herself, persevering through this trial as she has all the rest, with the occasional help of true friends. Though the ending is sad, it is not hopeless.

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Awful Narrator

Couldn't even make it a chapter in. The sound quality if both muffled and static-y. The narrator sounds whiney and like she's trying to be sensuous with a bad accent.

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