'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. Thus was George Eliot's response to Charlotte Bronte's dramatic Gothic exploration of a woman's rebellion against her constricting social environment. Set in a Belgian girls' school, it tells of Lucy Snowe's attraction to fiery, autocratic master Paul Emmanuel and headmistress, Madame Beck's jealous interference in their romance. The novel's blend of sombre vision and ironic and exuberant comedy make it especially appealing to the modern reader.
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"Villette" is Charlotte Bronte's dramatic gothic exploration of a woman's rebellion against her constricting social environment. Set in a Belgian girls' school, it tells of Lucy Snowe's attraction to fiery master Paul Emmanuel and headmistress, Madame Beck's jealous interference in their romance.
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Margaret Smith won the Rose Mary Crawshay Prize for her work on the Clarendon Bront^D"e Series
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780192834331
Publisert
1998-06-01
Utgave
2. utgave
Utgiver
Oxford University Press; Oxford Paperbacks
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
698
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