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Villette Summary & Study Guide Description
Villette Summary & Study Guide includes comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. This study guide contains the following sections:
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Charlotte Bronte's 1853 novel Villette chronicles the journey of Lucy Snowe as she grows from a sheltered girl to a lonely young woman, until she finds her own place in the world. The novel opens with Lucy's visits to her godmother, Mrs. Bretton, as a child. On Lucy's last visit a child Paulina Home also comes to stay at the Brettons' home and develops a close relationship with Mrs. Bretton's son, Graham, before she is called back to her father's side.
In the time that passes after Lucy's final visit with the Brettons, Lucy is left on her own in the world. She does not reveal much about her past, but the friends and family she had as a child, represented by her visits to the Brettons, are gone. Lucy is left to wander in search of a home, and she travels first to London and then on to Villette....
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