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Villette

Charlotte Brontë

Start date: September 1, 2022

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Apr 27, 2017 Melanti marked it as abandoned · review of another edition

Shelves: e-book, 1001-books, classics

Nope.
3 days of pecking away at it and I barely reached page 100.

It's written in such a detached tone that my eyes glaze over within a page or two and I find myself skimming rather than reading.

I hated Jane Eyre, but despite my dislike, it didn't bore me like this one does. ...more

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Oct 19, 2022 Hinda Rochel rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

A beautiful story. It ends somewhat ambiguously, though an honest reader will make a conclusion one way, rather than another. I choose the other, because I fell in love with Lucy. She perseveres, despite all sorts of set backs and difficulties, and makes little demand on anyone. If there were a world of Lucy Snowe, the world would be in much better shape.

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