Villette by Charlotte Bronte

Villette was Charlotte Bronte's last novel. Like Jane Eyre the central character is an orphan forced to earn her living as a teacher in a school in the Belgian town of Villette. The book is apparently based on Charlotte Bronte's personal experiences as a teacher in Brussels.
I was irratated by the amount of french in the book which was particularly annoying as my copy did not have any notes offering any translation. Nonetheless an enjoyable read although I could not understand why the central character Lucy Snowe a Protestant with very strong anti Catholic feelings should choose to live and work in a Catholic country.

Tony Riley