![]() Wolff 828 (publisher's catalogue dated March 1854). Sadleir 349 (publisher's catalogue dated January 1853). 95 (publisher's catalogue dated January 1853). Smith records sets containing catalogues dated February 1853, March 1854, and December 1854. Villette was published on 28 January 1853, and the earlier sets have twelve-page publisher's catalogues bearing that date. to heighten the impression of her heroine's nervous isolation and heroic fortitude but all the apparitions are found to have realistic explanations" (The Oxford Companion to English Literature). The novel combines a masterly portrayal of Belgian daily life with a highly personal use of the elements of Gothic fiction Charlotte Brontë uses hints of the supernatural. "The novel, like its predecessor The Professor (then unpublished), is based on the author's experiences in Brussels, here renamed Villette, and also has as its centre a pupil-teacher relationship. A near fine copy in an unsophisticated state. A few pages with small marginal stains, and page 107 of volume III opened rough at fore-edge, but not affecting text. Spines stamped in blind with a floral design at head and tail. ![]() ![]() Original greenish-brown morocco-grain cloth decoratively stamped in blind with a three-line border enclosing a rectangular border that contains a floral design in each corner. Three octavo volumes (7 3/4 x 4 7/8 inches 195 x 125 mm). By Currer Bell, Author of "Jane Eyre," "Shirley," etc. ![]()
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