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Villette (Unabridged) Audiobook, by Charlotte Bronte Play Audiobook Sample

Villette Audiobook (Unabridged)

By: Charlotte Bronte
Villette (Unabridged) Audiobook, by Charlotte Bronte Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Davina Porter Publisher: Recorded Books Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 15.17 hours at 1.5x Speed 11.38 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: June 2011 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN:
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Hailed as Charlotte Brontë's finest novel by Virginia Woolf, Villette is the timeless semi-autobiographical tale of Lucy Snowe. Left with no family and no money, Lucy goes against her own timid nature and travels to the small city of Villette, France, where she becomes a school teacher in Madame Beck's school for girls. During her stay, she falls in love twice and discovers an independent, inner strength rarely seen in women of her time.

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"I enjoyed Lucy's character and the atmosphere of the town and school were great. Of course the author's dislike of anything NOT English/Anglican, and her Francophobia, are very pronounced, but I have yet to see a 19th century book which would not display this kind of attitude toward things foreign."

— Tocotin (4 out of 5 stars)

Villette (Unabridged) Listener Reviews

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  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " A big job to read this but good incite into the sisters' writing. "

    — Seena, 2/19/2014
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " One of my all-time-favorites xD! "

    — linh, 1/15/2014
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " Good story, but it definitely one for bilingual: French/English speakers. Much of the conversation is in French and it's not unimportant conversation. I read it with Google translator up the entire time. :D "

    — Kit, 1/11/2014
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " I love Villette! I think this book is Charlotte's Best. Words cannot express how it has affected me! I was literally depressed/dumbfounded after finishing it. This should be a famous book, with so much mystery. "

    — Felicia, 12/18/2013
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Long book. But worth it. I did not spend as much time with it as was required to truly appreciate it. This is a good candidate for a book that needs to be read twice. "

    — Deb, 12/8/2013
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " I think this is Bronte's true masterpiece. "

    — Tracie, 10/22/2013
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " I love reading books with such great use of words and sentence structure. Truly a pleasure! "

    — Maureen, 10/7/2013
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Really quite good. My professor described it as Jane Eyre on crack, which seems apt. A very emotionally charged book. "

    — Alison, 9/26/2013
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " NOTHING HAPPENED. But at the same time, I kept reading it, despite a whole lot of nothing happening. So I guess it was still engaging? "

    — Caitlin, 9/18/2013
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Man, talk about depressing. Depressing well done, however. "

    — Beverly, 6/14/2013
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " I like the book so far, except for all of the parts in French. "

    — Stacy, 4/12/2013
  • Overall Performance: 1 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 5

    " Terribly written, overly long and soul-crushingly boring. "

    — Raquel, 10/4/2012
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " This is not your typical Victorian novel. The author gives us much more insight into the interior life of the heroine, in a way that seems more modern than Victorian. There are many excellent review of this book out there already, so I will leave mine at "highly recommended." "

    — Casceil, 10/3/2012
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " This is one of my favorite books. It is complicated, nuanced, and compelling. "

    — Beesley, 10/8/2011
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " Loved this book, but then I'm a Jane Austen fan too! The story doesn't move very fast, but the author is forgiven because I enjoyed the 1853-language so much! sample: "...the whole of my patience is now spun off the distaff" (spindle) I can relate to that! "

    — Paula, 10/5/2011
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " The ending was pretty frustrating and unsatisfying. "

    — Ananda, 6/29/2011