Villette (version 3)
Gelesen von Leanne Fortune
Charlotte Brontë
(4,395 Sterne; 19 Bewertungen)
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.
Though 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. She is a firm Protestant and denounces Roman Catholicism as false ("God is not with Rome").
The novel is initially set in the English countryside, and later follows Lucy Snowe to the fictional Belgian town of Villette, a Gothic town where the majority of the action takes place. Villette is modelled upon the city of Brussels and is set in the fictional kingdom of Labassecour (modelled on Belgium). "Labassecour" is the French word for farmyard.. - Summary by Wikipedia (24 hr 9 min)
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Beautifully Read—Villette, France
#1 Twinkie
(5 Sterne)
A gentle and picturesque story of a strong, independent Protestant English Teacher in Catholic France. Interesting characters make up this story of a very strong young woman who through pain and perseverance goes from an old lady’s companion to the owner of a successful school. Through loneliness and loss her character is molded to beautifully Trust in God. She is taught to love, and ultimately finds love, in the most unlikely place and person, regardless of “differences”.
bookworm
(5 Sterne)
This took me a long time, to hear the whole book. But I enjoyed listening to the very good reader, even tho I don't know French!
(3 Sterne)
Really didn't care for this novel. I don't see how anyone can rate it higher than Jane Eyre.
Esther Maina
(3 Sterne)
Too much French in the reading.. left those who do not speak or understand the language lost.