Villette

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Villette is a psychological novel by Charlotte Brontë that follows the emotionally complex journey of Lucy Snowe as she seeks independence and identity while teaching at a girls’ school in a fictional Belgian town.

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Villette canonical 16
Villette (1853) 1
Villette (fictional continental town) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
psychological novel
author Charlotte Brontë
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
employerOfProtagonist Madame Beck
explores inner emotional life of the heroine
firstPublicationYear 1853
followedBy The Professor
linked to: the Professor
hasAdaptation television adaptation
hasCharacter Dr. John Graham Bretton
Ginevra Fanshawe
Lucy Snowe
M. Paul Emanuel
Madame Beck
hasLiteraryForm prose
hasReligiousConflict Protestantism vs Catholicism
hasSubgenre autobiographical fiction
hasTitleCharacter Lucy Snowe
influencedBy Charlotte Brontë's experiences in Brussels
language English
literaryGenre Gothic fiction
bildungsroman
psychological fiction
literaryPeriod Victorian literature
mainCharacter Dr. John Graham Bretton
Ginevra Fanshawe
Lucy Snowe
M. Paul Emanuel
Madame Beck
narrativePointOfView first-person
narrator Lucy Snowe
originalMedium print
precededBy Shirley
protagonist Lucy Snowe
protagonistOccupation teacher
publisher Smith, Elder & Co.
publisherLocation London
linked to: London, England
schoolType girls' school
setInInstitution boarding school
setting fictional town of Villette
settingCountry Belgium
targetAudience adult readers
theme female independence
identity
isolation
psychological realism
religion
unrequited love

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Charlotte Brontë notableWork Villette
Shirley followedBy Villette
Currer Bell notableWork Villette
Haworth Parsonage notableWorkCreatedHere Villette
Villette appearsInWork Villette
subject linked to: Villete
Villete alternateSpellingOf Villette
Lucy Snowe narratorOf Villette
Lucy Snowe appearsInWork Villette
Lucy Snowe firstAppearance Villette (1853)
linked to: Villette
M. Paul Emanuel appearsIn Villette
Dr. John Graham Bretton fictionalUniverse Villette universe
linked to: Villette
Dr. John Graham Bretton settingOfActivity Villette (fictional continental town)
linked to: Villette
Madame Beck appearsIn Villette
Ginevra Fanshawe appearsIn Villette