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by Charlotte Brontë
About 146 pages (43,764 words)
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Villette Study Guide consists of approx. 146 pages of summaries and analysis on Villette by Charlotte Brontë. Browse the literature study guide below:

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Lucy Snowe visits her godmother, Mrs. Bretton, in the village of Bretton twice a year. Mrs. Bretton is a widow with a son, who is away visiting friends, and she always makes Lucy feel welcome in her home. One day, Lucy arrives home from a walk to discover that an additional bed and chest of drawers have been added to her room. Mrs. Bretton is expecting the young daughter of a distant relative to stay with them a while. The child's mother recently died, and even though she and her husband were separated by mutual consent, he is a sensitive man who blames himself for her death. Mr. Home, the child's father, will be traveling to France to stay with relatives. (read more)
      Chapter 1, Bretton
      Chapter 2, Paulina
      Chapter 3, The Playmates
      Chapter 4, Miss Marchmont
      Chapter 5, Turning a New Leaf
      Chapter 6, London
      Chapter 7, Villette
      Chapter 8, Madame Beck
      Chapter 9, Isidore
      Chapter 10, Dr. John
      Chapter 11, The Portresse's Cabinet
      Chapter 12, The Casket
      Chapter 13, A Sneeze Out of Season
      Chapter 14, The Fkte
      Chapter 15, The Long Vacation
      Chapter 16, Auld Lang Syne
      Chapter 17, La Terrasse
      Chapter 18, We Quarrel
      Chapter 19, The Cleopatra
      Chapter 20, The Concert
      Chapter 21, Reaction
      Chapter 22, The Letter
      Chapter 23, Vashti
      Chapter 24, M. de Bassompierre
      Chapter 25, The Little Countess
      Chapter 26, A Burial
      Chapter 27, The Hftel Crycy
      Chapter 28, The Watchguard
      Chapter 29, Monsieur's Fkte
      Chapter 30, M. Paul
      Chapter 31, The Dryad
      Chapter 32, The First Letter
      Chapter 33, M. Paul Keeps His Promise
      Chapter 34, Malevola
      Chapter 35, Fraternity
      Chapter 36, The Apple of Discord
      Chapter 37, Sunshine
      Chapter 38, Cloud
      Chapter 39, Old and New Acquaintance
      Chapter 40, The Happy Pair
      Chapter 41, Faubourg Clotilde
      Chapter 42, Finis

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    Villette (novel)
    Villette is a novel by Charlotte Brontë, published in 1853. After an unspecified family disaster, p... more


     
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