Villette and the Life of the Mind

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Villette / viːlɛt / is a 1853 novel written by British writer Charlotte Brontë. After an uncertain family disaster, the protagonist Lucy Snow taught her adventure and romance She traveled from England in her hometown to the French city of Villette taught in a girls school that was fascinated by her adventure and romance Did. In January 1843 Charlotte returned to Brussels alone and served as a faculty member in the field of pension. The second visit to Brussels is not a happy person. She became lonely, homesick and fell in love with the married man M. Hager. In January 1844 she finally returned to the family parish of Haworth in the UK.

Lucy came to Villette (imaginary Brussels) to find a safe shelter. She was in her twenties, and she did not have any friends or family. Her early life was traumatized in the way she never mentioned, but it has she decided to avoid further problems through strict self-management. She wrote as follows: "In the midst of embarrassment or embarrassment, I deliberately maintain the essence of nature." She quickly found her evacuation shelter in her past I discovered that it is as dangerous as it is. On the first night in the city she brought security by handsome strangers who went astray in the dark and suddenly foresaw nothing happens. She became a teacher and liked the first person - she could not touch it - and then another person was more suited for her but still very difficult to decide

"Villet! Villet!" George Elliott said. "This is a more exciting book than Jane Eyre, and its power is almost supernatural." Unlike Eliot, which has a strong heart, it is corrupted with an exclamation point "something" and an ambiguous story. However, as Villette is very innovative in this era, it is still quite odd that critics were trying to find a vocabulary to explain it. Eliot's partner GH Lewes wrote as follows. "There are too few books, too many books." "In some booths of Villette" Lewis thinks this is unique. A small author responds to "ambiguous voice of others". Bronte speaks boldly with her own voice.