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I think this is a book that you need to read several times to really absorb completely - I just finished it and am looking forward to reading it again already. The phrase that comes to mind is "next level" - Bronte created a work in Villette that is in it's own category, a category that she created. Amazing.
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Bronte employed the device of Disappointment very successfully. I was disappointed and sympathetic for the protagonist, despite a seemingly happy ending.
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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