Villette - Charlotte Bronte | 
pick(Images of old pub in Russell)
I finally got around to reading Villette! Poor Lucy Snowe has it tough - and I can imagine Bronte wanted to paint for the world the complex inner life of a plain woman, middle class but fallen on hard times. Both the vulnerability and the strength. Bronte does setting and mood and side characters so well too. I liked that noone was only good or evil, there were many shades of grey.⬇ï¸
Centique But some of the descriptions of the angelic prettiness of Paulina got annoying. A view from a different age where that pedestal is no longer wanted! A great novel which I liked most when it was dark and stormy. 2w
Bookwormjillk I remember feeling very accomplished when I finished that book. 2w
Ruthiella Oh, the turns that book gave me! 😂 Lucy Snowe kept her cards close! 2w
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Centique @Bookwormjillk it is an accomplishment isnt it. Well done us! 2w
Centique @Ruthiella yes! I thought I had a clear view of her thoughts, but oh no, she‘d kept things from me! 2w
Reggie Isn‘t this a chunkster? Also just Ruthiella‘s and your comments want to make me try this. 2w
Centique @Reggie it is a chunkster! Possibly not by 19th century standards - a mere 530 or so pages. 😂 There are some chapters that flow quite quickly when there‘s some plot happening and other chapters where Lucy spends pages and pages describing something she‘s already described before. But worth it! 💕 2w
