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Villette

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4 out of 5
Based on 5,004 Ratings and 699 Reviews

Book Description

"Villette! Villette! Have you read it?" exclaimed George Eliot when Charlotte Bront�'s final novel appeared in 1853. "It is a still more wonderful book than Jane Eyre. There is something almost preternatural in its power."

Arguably Bront�'s most refined and deeply felt work, Villette draws on her profound loneliness following the deaths of her three siblings. Lucy Snowe, the narrator of... More
Book Information
PublisherModern Library
BindingPaperback (58 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages656
ISBN-10037575850X
ISBN-13978-0375758508
Publication Date10/09/2001
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About Charlotte Bronte (Author) : Charlotte Bronte was an English author who lived in the 19th century and wrote JANE EYRE.
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About A.S. Byatt (Introduction) : A.S. Byatt is a published author, editor, and a translator. Some of the published credits of A.S. Byatt include Possession (Unabridged), The Bostonians (Modern Library Classics), Alice's Adventures in... more
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About Ignes Sodre (Introduction) : Ignes Sodre is credited in children's books. A published credit of Ignes Sodre is Villette (Modern Library Classics).
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