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A review by worriting
Villette by Charlotte Brontë
3.0
I'm conflicted, because initially I was going to give this 4 stars, but then Lucy Snowe unfortunately does not get together with the lovely Dr. John Graham Bretton and in fact gets with the awful little M. Paul Emanuel. I will admit he does suddenly undergo something of a personality transplant near the end there and is actually likeable, but John and Paulina left a sour taste.
The redeeming part of this is that Lucy (based on Charlotte Brontë herself) ends up with Paul (based on Constantin Héger who Brontë was in love with though unfortunately unrequited), and that Charlotte got her happy ever after in book form (okay maybe not right at the end, but still for the most part mutual love was there). She also had feelings for her publisher (who John is heavily based on) and accepts and buries these feelings in the book too.
Still I'm basic and I liked Jane Eyre more
The redeeming part of this is that Lucy (based on Charlotte Brontë herself) ends up with Paul (based on Constantin Héger who Brontë was in love with though unfortunately unrequited), and that Charlotte got her happy ever after in book form (okay maybe not right at the end, but still for the most part mutual love was there). She also had feelings for her publisher (who John is heavily based on) and accepts and buries these feelings in the book too.
Still I'm basic and I liked Jane Eyre more