Villette

De: Charlotte Brontë

Narrado por: Davina Porter

Hailed as Charlotte Brontë’s “finest novel” by Virginia Woolf, Villette is the timeless semi-autobiographical tale of Lucy Snowe. Left with no family and no money, Lucy goes against her own timid nature and travels to the small city of Villette, France, where she becomes a school teacher in Madame Beck’s school for girls. During her stay, she falls in love—twice—and discovers an independent, inner strength rarely seen in women of her time.

Public Domain (P)2006 Recorded Books, LLC

i was disappointed

maybe im being snobbish but the awful mispronunciation of every french word was a shame

Authors word pictures and similes

The character Lucy was inspiring in her wholesome way of handling life’s joys and disappointments.

Wow said the male listener

I've read about six classics by women authors this year, all books that I'd managed to avoid during my formal education years. Villette is definitely my favorite. A woman without means ventures much on a trip to a destination unknown to her, without letters of introduction or even enough coin to support herself upon arrival, and makes a go of it. At least, as "a go of it" would be defined 170 years ago in England.

My only piece of advice: Probably better read, with a good French-English dictionary at your side, unless your command of spoken French is passingly adequate.

great narration !

What does Davina Porter bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

She has fantastic french. She has specific voices for each character. She uses several different accents and pulls them off very well. She puts feeling and interest into her reading. I enjoyed Davina as a narrator.

Enjoyed very much except...

They sort was delightful, intriguing, and fun of little twists. They only thing that was frustrating for me was the parts in French. I do know that the book was written at a time and place where French was spoken by a great deal of people. I don’t know how Audible could have added any translations but that would have been nice.

Truly a fun read.