1879 - Villette

By Currer Bell (Charlotte Bronte)

Published 1879
Smith, Elder, & Co./ Publishers/ London

A New Edition

Hardcover. This stunning binding is in a three quarter dark green leather. Marbled boards. Decorative detailed ornate tooling to spine. Raised bands. Red leather labels with gilt lettering to spine. Matching endpapers. Marbled edges. Binding tight. Clean pages. Neat inscription dated 1880 to fly sheet. 478pp.

Published in 1853, this is a deeply introspective story about Lucy Snowe, a young woman who moves to the fictional French-speaking town of Villette to work at a girls’ school. Themes of loneliness, unrequited love, and resilience permeate the novel, making it one of Brontë’s most mature and emotionally complex works.

Condition: Near Fine

Rare Book

Size: 4 1/2” x 7 1/4”