{"product_id":"villette-charlotte-bronte-9781934169407","title":"Villette","description":"Villette (1853) by Charlotte Brontë is the story of Englishwoman Lucy Snowe who ends up a teacher at a girls' pensionnat in Villette, the capital of Labassecour, a fictional French-speaking country on the continent. \u003cp\u003e Autobiographical in many ways, the novel shows stoic Lucy overcoming barriers of language, culture, complex psychological self-conflict, emotional torment, and falling in love. The character of M. Paul Emanuel is believed to have been based on Charlotte Brontë's own impossible object of affection, the one and only true passion of her brief life -- Constantin Héger, the proprietor of the Brussels pensionnat where Charlotte taught.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charlotte Bronte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1934169404\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781934169407\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Norilana Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/20\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.38d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Charlotte Bronte","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48437154808063,"sku":"9781934169407","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1edd987e-509c-49a3-99f2-4b9197368f0d.jpg?v=1777160239","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/villette-charlotte-bronte-9781934169407","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}