Villette (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Charlotte Brontë
- First Published: 1853
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Bildungsroman
- Time of Work: The early nineteenth century
- Setting: Belgium
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Bildungsroman
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers, Memory, Love or romance, Self, Nineteenth century, Doctors, Personality, Loneliness, Private schools, Belgium or Belgian people
- Locales: Belgium
Characters Discussed
Lucy Snowe, a quiet, intelligent, and hardworking young English girl whose grave demeanor covers a deeply passionate nature. Orphaned at an early age, she spends her childhood in the homes of distant relatives and with her godmother, Mrs. Bretton. Later, through a varied chain of circumstances, she goes to Villette, a city on the Continent, where she becomes a governess in the household of Madame Beck, the mistress of a boarding school for girls. Before long, Madame Beck gives her a post as a teacher of English in the school. Eventually, with the help of...
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