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reviewed Villette by Charlotte Brontë (The World's classis, XLVII. The novels of Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë. IV)

Left by harrowing circumstances to fend for herself in the great capital of a foreign …

Review of 'Villette' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

My favorite of all the books! I love the spaces inside the story and the ambiguity at the end. Lucy Snowe is such an intriguing psychological study. Also the postcolonial interpretation of slavery and West Indies trade is tangentially explored and is all the more intriguing for the light touch of disapproval employed.