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| Author | Charlotte Brontë |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | Romance novel |
| Publisher | Smith, Elder & Co. |
Publication date | 27 January 1853[1] |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print: hardback octavo |
| Pages | 672, in 3 volumes |
| 823.8 | |
| LC Class | PR4167 .V5 |
| Preceded by | Shirley |
| Followed by | The Professor |
| Text | Villette at Wikisource |
Villette (/viːˈlɛt/ vee-LET) is an 1853 novel written by English author Charlotte Brontë. After an unspecified family disaster, the protagonist Lucy Snowe travels from her native England to the fictional Continental city of Villette to teach at a girls' school, where she is drawn into adventure and romance.
Villette was Charlotte Brontë's third and last novel published during her life. It was preceded in writing by The Professor (her posthumously published first novel, of which Villette is a reworking, though still not very similar), Jane Eyre, and Shirley.
- ^ "New Work By The Author of "Jane Eyre," "Shirley," &c. This Day is published and may be had at all the Libraries, Villette. By Currer Bell". The Morning Post. 27 January 1853. p. 1 – via British Newspaper Archive.