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VILLETTE BY CHARLOTTE BRONTE , EVERYMAN’S LIBRARY #351  IN WRAPPER DRAWING DUSTJACKET BY MONA MOORE Of man seated at desk & woman standing nearby IN DRESS NEAR GLOBE, 1957 ,After an unspecified family disaster, the protagonist Lucy Snowe travels

VILLETTE BY CHARLOTTE BRONTE , EVERYMAN’S LIBRARY #351 IN WRAPPER DRAWING DUSTJACKET BY MONA MOORE Of man seated at desk & woman standing nearby IN DRESS NEAR GLOBE, 1957 ,After an unspecified family disaster, the protagonist Lucy Snowe travels

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VILLETTE BY CHARLOTTE BRONTE , EVERYMAN’S LIBRARY #351 IN WRAPPER DRAWING DUSTJACKET BY MONA MOORE Of man seated at desk & woman standing nearby IN DRESS NEAR GLOBE, 1957 ,After an unspecified family disaster, the protagonist Lucy Snowe travels

by CHARLOTTE BRONTE, BRITISH AUTHOR, WAS 36 WHEN SHE WROTE THIS, , INTRODUCTION MARGARET LANE, IN WRAPPER DRAWING DUSTJACKET BY MONA MOORE , GOLD & WHITE EL ENDPAPERS, NOT PRICECLIPPED WITH WITH SYMBOL ON TOP CORNER

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HBDJ, 1957, EARLY ISSUE REPRINT, Hardcover. VG+/VG+, LARGER FORMAT 12mo - Includes Translation Of French Phrases. The Book Is Bound In Green Cloth With GOLD GILT Lettering And Rules On The Spine. Else Very Good. The Jacket Has LITE Moderate Wear And A FewTINY Tears. GOLD & WHITE EL ENDPAPERS, NOT PRICECLIPPED WITH WITH SYMBOL ON TOP CORNER , ,After an unspecified family disaster, the protagonist Lucy Snowe travels from her native England to the fictional French-speaking city of Villette FRANCE to teach at a girls' school, where she is drawn into adventure and romance. NOVEL VICTORIAN LITERATURE , While the reader does not find out much about Lucy's past, she does reveal that she is left alone in the world and, dressed in mourning clothes, the reader can only presume that all of her close family have died. In this first bout of loneliness, she meets Miss Marchmont, an elderly lady who hires Lucy to travel with her and care for her.


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VILLETTE BY CHARLOTTE BRONTE , EVERYMAN’S LIBRARY #351 IN WRAPPER DRAWING DUSTJACKET BY MONA MOORE Of man seated at desk & woman standing nearby IN DRESS NEAR GLOBE, 1957 ,After an unspecified family disaster, the protagonist Lucy Snowe travels
Author
CHARLOTTE BRONTE, BRITISH AUTHOR, WAS 36 WHEN SHE WROTE THIS, , INTRODUCTION MARGARET LANE, IN WRAPPER DRAWING DUSTJACKET BY MONA MOORE , GOLD & WHITE EL ENDPAPERS, NOT PRICECLIPPED WITH WITH SYMBOL ON TOP CORNER
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WRAPPER DRAWING DUSTJACKET BY MONA MOORE
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1957, EARLY ISSUE REPRINT
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Hardcover
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NY EVERYMAN’S LIBRARY London New York: Everyman's Library/J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd./ E. P. Dutton & Co PRINTED GREAT BRITAIN AT A
Date Published
1957
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CHARLOTTE BRONTE EVERYMAN’S LIBRARY NOVEL VICTORIAN LITERATURE

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Spine
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Reprint
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Gilt
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