Binding: Paperback
Description: I am only just returned to a sense of the real world about me for I have been reading Villette a still more wonderful book than Jane Eyre. George Eliot Lucy Snowe in flight from an unhappy past leaves England and finds work as a teacher in Madame Beck's school in Villette'. Strongly drawn to the fiery autocratic schoolmaster Monsieur Paul Emanuel Lucy is compelled by Madame Beck's jealous interference to assert her right to love and be loved. Based in part on Charlotte Bront 's experience in Brussels ten years earlier Villette (1853) is a cogent and dramatic exploration of a woman's response to the challenge of a constricting social environment. Its deployment of imagery comparable in power to that of Emily Bront 's Wuthering Heights and its use of comedy ironic or exuberant in the service of an ultimately sombre vision make Villette especially appealing to the modern reader. About THE Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up - to - date bibliographies for further study and much more.
Title: Villette
Author(s): Bronte Charlotte, Margaret Smith
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780199536658
Pages: 592 Pages
Publication Date: 6/15/2008
Series: Oxford World's Classics
Category: Literary Studies: General