Villette
by Charlotte Bronte
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With her final novel, Villette, Charlotte Brontë reached the height of her artistic power. First published in 1853, Villette is Brontë's most accomplished and deeply felt work, eclipsing even Jane Eyre in critical acclaim. Her narrator, the autobiographical Lucy Snowe, flees England and a tragic past to become an instructor in a French boarding school in the town of Villette. There she unexpectedly confronts her feelings of love and longing as she witnesses the fitful romance between Dr. John, a handsome young Englishman, and Ginerva Fanshawe, a beautiful coquette. The first pain brings others...
Chapters (44)
- Villette
- VILLETTE.
- CHAPTER I. BRETTON.
- CHAPTER II. PAULINA.
- CHAPTER III. THE PLAYMATES.
- CHAPTER IV. MISS MARCHMONT.
- CHAPTER V. TURNING A NEW LEAF.
- CHAPTER VI. LONDON.
- CHAPTER VII. VILLETTE.
- CHAPTER VIII. MADAME BECK.
- CHAPTER IX. ISIDORE.
- CHAPTER X. DR JOHN.
- CHAPTER XI. THE PORTRESS’S CABINET.
- CHAPTER XII. THE CASKET.
- CHAPTER XIII. A SNEEZE OUT OF SEASON.
- CHAPTER XIV. THE FÊTE.
- CHAPTER XV. THE LONG VACATION.
- CHAPTER XVI. AULD LANG SYNE.
- CHAPTER XVII. LA TERRASSE.
- CHAPTER XVIII. WE QUARREL.
- CHAPTER XIX. THE CLEOPATRA.
- CHAPTER XX. THE CONCERT.
- CHAPTER XXI. REACTION.
- CHAPTER XXII. THE LETTER.
- CHAPTER XXIII. VASHTI.
- CHAPTER XXIV. M. DE BASSOMPIERRE.
- CHAPTER XXV. THE LITTLE COUNTESS.
- CHAPTER XXVI. A BURIAL.
- CHAPTER XXVII. THE HÔTEL CRÉCY.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. THE WATCHGUARD.
- CHAPTER XXIX. MONSIEUR’S FÊTE.
- CHAPTER XXX. M. PAUL.
- CHAPTER XXXI. THE DRYAD.
- CHAPTER XXXII. THE FIRST LETTER.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. M. PAUL KEEPS HIS PROMISE.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. MALEVOLA.
- CHAPTER XXXV. FRATERNITY.
- CHAPTER XXXVI. THE APPLE OF DISCORD.
- CHAPTER XXXVII. SUNSHINE.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. CLOUD.
- CHAPTER XXXIX. OLD AND NEW ACQUAINTANCE.
- CHAPTER XL. THE HAPPY PAIR.
- CHAPTER XLI. FAUBOURG CLOTILDE.
- CHAPTER XLII. FINIS.
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