Villette

Villette, an 1853 novel by Charlotte Brontë, is narrated by a young woman recalling her childhood visits to her godmother's home in Bretton, where she first meets the little girl Polly, a newly motherless guest left in Mrs. Bretton's care.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

Topic

Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic romance and society novels›British and Irish novels to 1900›School and growing-up stories

Reader

Adults›Historical and Classical Fiction›Classic romance and society novels›British and Irish novels to 1900›School and growing-up stories