{"product_id":"villette-paperback-8","title":"Villette - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharlotte Bronte\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMallory Ortberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharlotte Bronte s final and most autobiographical novel even more critically acclaimed than Jane Eyre during its time is a brilliant story of repressed passion and unrequited love in the fictional French town of Villette\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucy Snowe is a young woman alone in the world after a terrible event of which she never speaks. With no home, no family, and no prospects, she sets out on her own to the small French town of Villette, where she finds work as a governess at a boarding school for girls. When a handsome doctor from her past appears in Villette, Lucy believes she may at last be free of loneliness if her rigorous self-control doesn t conceal her true feelings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on Charlotte Bronte s own experiences at a boarding school in Belgium, Villette is an intense psychological portrait of its heroine, a woman who so strenuously tries to hide her passions that she cannot help but reveal them.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA deluxe Harper Perennial Legacy Edition, with an introduction from Mallory Ortberg, \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e best-selling author of \u003cem\u003eTexts from Jane Eyre\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCharlotte Bronte's final and most autobiographical novel--even more critically acclaimed than \u003cem\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/em\u003e during its time--is a brilliant story of repressed passion and unrequited love in the fictional French town of Villette\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLucy Snowe is a young woman alone in the world after a terrible event of which she never speaks. With no home, no family, and no prospects, she sets out on her own to the small French town of Villette, where she finds work as a governess at a boarding school for girls. When a handsome doctor from her past appears in Villette, Lucy believes she may at last be free of loneliness--if her rigorous self-control doesn't conceal her true feelings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on Charlotte Bronte's own experiences at a boarding school in Belgium, \u003cem\u003eVillette\u003c\/em\u003e is an intense psychological portrait of its heroine, a woman who so strenuously tries to hide her passions that she cannot help but reveal them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 8.2 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42726078775359,"sku":"9780062356161","price":20.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ece9d548a858599076eea6deac703453.webp?v=1765109143","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/villette-paperback-8","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}