Villette (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Charlotte Brontë
- First Published: 1853
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Bildungsroman
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: Belgium
- Principal Characters: Lucy Snowe, John Graham Bretton, Mrs. Bretton, Polly Home, Ginevra Fanshawe, Monsieur Paul Emanuel, Madame Beck
- 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
The Story:
As a young girl, Lucy Snowe visited her godmother, Mrs. Bretton, about twice each year. It was a warm, active household, and Lucy loved Mrs. Bretton. During one of Lucy’s visits, young Polly Home, whose widowed father was leaving England for the Continent, came to stay with the Brettons. Polly was mature and worldly for her years, and she developed a tender, almost maternal, fondness for Mrs. Bretton’s son Graham. Since Lucy shared a room with the young visitor, she became the recipient of her confidence. Polly’s father had originally intended to send his...
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