Villette is an 1853 novel by Charlotte Bront�. After an unspecified family disaster, the protagonist Lucy Snowe travels from England to the fictional French-speaking city of Villette to teach at a girls' school, where she is drawn into adventure and romance.Villette was Charlotte Bront�'s fourth novel. It was preceded by the posthumously published The Professor, her first, and then by Jane Eyre and Shirley.
Villette is an 1853 novel by Charlotte Bront�. After an unspecified family disaster, the protagonist Lucy Snowe travels from England to the fictional French-speaking city of Villette to teach at a girls' school, where she is drawn into adventure and romance.Villette was Charlotte Bront�'s fourth novel. It was preceded by the posthumously published The Professor, her first, and then by Jane Eyre and Shirley.