Pocket-sized edition of Charlotte Brontë's final novel, the autobiographical Villette. Rare find, complete with original dust jacket, in pristine condition.

Dimensions: 9.5cm x 15cm

With her final novel, Villette, Charlotte Brontë reached the height of her artistic power. First published in 1853, Villette is Brontë's most accomplished and deeply felt work, eclipsing even Jane Eyre in critical acclaim.

Her narrator, the autobiographical Lucy Snowe, flees England and a tragic past to become an instructor in a French boarding school in the town of Villette. There she unexpectedly confronts her feelings of love and longing as she witnesses the fitful romance between Dr. John, a handsome young Englishman, and Ginerva Fanshawe, a beautiful coquette.

The first pain brings others, and with them comes the heartache Lucy has tried so long to escape. Yet in spite of adversity and disappointment, Lucy Snowe survives to recount the unstinting vision of a turbulent life's journey - a journey that is one of the most insightful fictional studies of a woman's consciousness in English literature.

Book details:

Title: Villette

Author: Charlotte Brontë 

Condition: Very Good

Binding: Hardcover. Black Boards with Dustjacket

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Publication Date: 1978

The World's Classics 1978‎

Collins; Reprint edition (January 1, 1963*)

Oxford World's Classics Vintage Small Pocket Edition Hardcover.