Oxford: Villette

Charlotte's novel of love and life away from Yorkshire

by Charlotte Brontë.

Edited by Margaret Smith & Herbert Rosengarten, with an introduction and notes by Tim Dolin.

A semi-autobiographical work charting Charlotte Brontë’s experiences in Brussels and coloured by the emotion stirred during the aftermath of the deaths of her brother and sisters. This final novel charts the experiences of a young teacher in an overseas boarding school & her struggles with life and emotion.

Oxford University Press, paperback, 2008, 538 pages.

ISBN 9780199536658