About this title: Published in 1853, this is Charlotte Bronte's final novel and is often regarded, emotionally and aesthetically, as her most satisfying. As in "Jane Eyre" the theme is passionate personal integrity - the struggle of an individual to preserve independence of spirit in adverse circumstances.
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Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Penguin
Date Published: 1979-01-01
ISBN-13:9780140431186ISBN:0140431187
Description: Very good. Very minimal damage to the cover (no holes or tears, only minimal scuff marks), in some instances dust jackets are not included, no missing pages, minimal to no highlighting/under. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780140431186ISBN:0140431187
Description: Very Good. Reprint. Introduction by Tony Tanner. Very light edge & corner wear on the cover. Faint spots on fore edge. Pp. 133-4 top corner tipped. Interior beginning to tan, but text is clear & bright. No markings. Good copy. Clean pages. Sharp corners. Tight Spine. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 1980-02-28
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Description: Good. This is a nice paperback copy. Binding is tight and square. Text is clean and bright. Creases on covers. Light edge and corner wear. We recommend PRIORITY MAIL for even faster delivery! Careful packaging and fast shipping. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780140431186ISBN:0140431187
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Light edge and corner wear. No marks. Tight binding. Lightly tanning pages. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 624 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780140431186ISBN:0140431187
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Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780140431186ISBN:0140431187
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Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780140431186ISBN:0140431187
Description: Fair. Paperback, a good reading copy. Cover image is a stock image and may vary. Your book will be securely packed and promptly dispatched from our UK warehouse. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780140431186ISBN:0140431187
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Date Published: 1985
ISBN-13:9780140431186ISBN:0140431187
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"Narrated in the first person like the author's better-known Jane Eyre, Villette leaves me wondering why it is not better known. Lucy Snowe is poor, plain, friendless, and fiercely independent. The world in which she moves, as a teacher in a foreign girls' school, is certainly described and commented on with great power. But it is the inner life she describes, emotions, impressions, convictions, depression - and unrequited love - that is most convincing. Almost anguishing to read, it seems that Charlotte Bronte must have experienced Lucy's feelings to depict them so minutely. Very absorbing read. Very satisfying aesthetically, too. If Charlotte Bronte painted pictures instead of writing novels, Villette would be a sparkling watercolour, with delicate colours and minute detail - whereas Jane Eyre would no doubt be painted passionately with broader strokes and earthy colours. Both wonderful, you understand - just different. Very enjoyable."
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