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A novel, 1853

Villette

Charlotte Brontë

Lucy Snowe, an Englishwoman without money or close family support, seeks a livelihood and a place where she can belong.

41 chapters · about 13 hours

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How it begins

My godmother lived in a handsome house in the clean and ancient town of Bretton. Her husband’s family had been residents there for generations, and bore, indeed, the name of their birthplace—Bretton of Bretton: whether by coincidence, or because some remote ancestor had been a personage of sufficient importance to leave his name to his neighbourhood, I know not.

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About the book

Length

41 chapters

First published

1853

Shelves

Contents

  1. Chapter 1: Bretton10 min
  2. Chapter 2: Paulina10 min
  3. Chapter 3: The Playmates24 min
  4. Chapter 4: Miss Marchmont13 min
  5. Chapter 5: Turning a New Leaf7 min
  6. Chapter 6: London17 min
  7. Chapter 7: Villette14 min
  8. Chapter 8: Madame Beck22 min
  9. Chapter 9: Isidore17 min
  10. Chapter 10: Dr John11 min
  11. Chapter 11: The Portress’s Cabinet10 min
  12. Chapter 12: The Casket16 min
  13. Chapter 13: A Sneeze Out of Season16 min
  14. Chapter 14: The Fête44 min
  15. Chapter 15: The Long Vacation19 min
  16. Chapter 16: Auld Lang Syne23 min
  17. Chapter 17: La Terrasse15 min
  18. Chapter 18: We Quarrel11 min
  19. Chapter 19: The Cleopatra18 min
  20. Chapter 20: The Concert33 min
  21. Chapter 21: Reaction26 min
  22. Chapter 22: The Letter15 min
  23. Chapter 23: Vashti20 min
  24. Chapter 24: M. De Bassompierre21 min
  25. Chapter 25: The Little Countess21 min
  26. Chapter 26: A Burial23 min
  27. Chapter 27: The Hôtel Crécy25 min
  28. Chapter 28: The Watchguard18 min
  29. Chapter 29: Monsieur’s Fête20 min
  30. Chapter 30: M. Paul16 min
  31. Chapter 31: The Dryad16 min
  32. Chapter 32: The First Letter14 min
  33. Chapter 33: M. Paul Keeps His Promise13 min
  34. Chapter 34: Malevola18 min
  35. Chapter 35: Fraternity18 min
  36. Chapter 36: The Apple of Discord22 min
  37. Chapter 37: Sunshine22 min
  38. Chapter 38: Cloud38 min
  39. Chapter 39: Old and New Acquaintance17 min
  40. Chapter 40: The Happy Pair10 min
  41. Chapter 41: Faubourg Clotilde21 min

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