Charlotte Bronte

Villette illustrated Charlotte Bronte

Villette (/vi??l?t/) 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. The name Villette is a girl's name of French origin meaning "small town". Charming Gallic name uncommon in France, and unknown in this country, with literary credibility as the title of a Charlotte Brontë novel