{"product_id":"2940157224264","title":"Villette (Illustrated Edition)","description":"Villette is an 1853 novel written by English author Charlotte Brontë. After an unspecified family disaster, the protagonist Lucy Snowe travels from her native England to the fictional French-speaking city of Villette to teach at a girls' school, where she is drawn into adventure and romance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eVillette was Charlotte Brontë's fourth novel; it was preceded by and is a reworking of the posthumously published The Professor, her first novel, and then by Jane Eyre and Shirley.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLucy Snowe, the narrator and main character of Villette, is a quiet, self-reliant, intelligent, 23-year-old woman. Lucy has, as Miss Ginevra Fanshawe asserts, \"no attractive accomplishments – no beauty.\" She seems to have no living relatives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough usually reserved and emotionally self-controlled, Lucy has strong feelings and affections for those whom she really values. She even sincerely cares for the giddy Ginevra, albeit in a blunt, curmudgeonly fashion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition of the book contains all six of the original illustrations, rejuvenated, and four additional images unique to this edition of the book.","brand":"London: Andrew Melrose, 1906","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47075146170608,"sku":"2940157224264","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940157224264_p0.jpg?v=1764128215","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940157224264","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}