1860 Charlotte Bronte Villette Feminism Gender Roles Belgium Early US ed

1860 Charlotte Bronte Villette Feminism Gender Roles Belgium Early US ed



Most known for her classic novel Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte? wrote this work, Villette, in 1853. In this, Bronte?s third and final novel, the story follows a protagonist who, after a family disaster, travels to the fictional city of Villette to teach at an all-girls school. This book was enthusiastically celebrated by those supporting gender equality, as Bronte? explored gender roles and gender repression in Villette. It also accurately describes the lifestyle of living in Belgium in the mid-19th-century.



This “standard” edition was published in Philadelphia by Henry Ashmead features five, full-page engravings including a view of St. Pauls.



Item number: #27262

Price: $499



BRONTE?, Charlotte [pseud. Currer Bell]



Villette



Philadelphia: Henry B. Ashmead, [1860]. “standard edition”



Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

iv, 5-520

5 illustrations (including frontispiece and vignette title page)

References: Smith, Brontë, pp. 146-152.

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure

Brown cloth

Size: ~7.5in X 5.25in (19cm x 13.5cm)



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