Villette
Title
Villette
Text Read
Villette
Author
Brontë, Charlotte. pseud. Currer Bell
Original Source
London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1853
Digitized by
HathiTrust
Publication Date
1853
Date(s) of Reading
- 1853-01-23 to 31
- 1856-01-01
Evidence
1853-01-23 to 31: George Eliot to Mrs. Charles Bray, 16 February 1853. "I am only just returned to a sense of the real world about me, for I have been reading Villette, a still more wonderful book than Jane Eyre. There is something almost preternatural in its power." GEL 2: 87
1856-01-01: 1856 New York: Derby & Jackson edition reviewed in “Belles Lettres” within the Westminster Review, vol. 65, issue 127, pp. 290-312.
1856-01-01: 1856 New York: Derby & Jackson edition reviewed in “Belles Lettres” within the Westminster Review, vol. 65, issue 127, pp. 290-312.
Related Works
Citation
Brontë, Charlotte. pseud. Currer Bell, Villette, George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57151