Villette by Charlotte Brontë

Villette

Charlotte Brontë with Tony Tanner, Mark Lilly

622 pages • first pub 1853 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance emotional reflective sad slow-paced
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Villette /viːˈlɛt/ is an 1853 novel written by English author Charlotte Bront . After an unspecified family disaster, the protagonist Lucy Snowe travels from her native England to the fictional French-speaking city of Villette to teach at a girls'...

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Community Reviews

3.71
based on 8,102 reviews

Moods

reflective: 72%

emotional: 62%

sad: 47%

challenging: 34%

dark: 33%

mysterious: 32%

tense: 12%

hopeful: 11%

funny: 8%

inspiring: 7%

adventurous: 6%

relaxing: 5%

lighthearted: 3%

informative: 2%

Pace

13% of readers chose medium
85% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

3% of readers chose Plot
20% of readers chose A mix
75% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

60% of readers chose Yes
23% of readers chose Complicated
15% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

35% of readers chose Yes
40% of readers chose Complicated
22% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

12% of readers chose Yes
4% of readers chose Complicated
77% of readers chose No
4% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

63% of readers chose Yes
21% of readers chose Complicated
13% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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