Villette (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Charlotte Brontë
- First Published: 1853
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Bildungsroman
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- 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
Places Discussed
Villette. Capital city of the fictional country of Labassecour. With a name that literally means “little city,” Villette is not large; students walk out to the surrounding countryside before breakfast from the city center. The city is divided into two main parts: the Basse-Ville, the lower city, and the Haute-Ville, the upper city. The lower city contains the older, run-down areas. Here Dr. John goes on his philanthropic medical visits, and here is situated the rue des Mages, on which the house of Madame Walravens and other dependents of Monsieur Paul...
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