#do i like je over villette? i really can’t tell bc i admire them for different reasons | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

must4rds33d · 1 year ago

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despite the weaknesses of villette (practically unreadable if you don’t understand french and don’t have translations at hand, overly ambiguous, clunky structure, moralizing tone that can be overbearing, etc. etc.) its dogged earnestness is gripping

#villette #jane eyre #charlotte brontë #do i like je over villette? i really can’t tell bc i admire them for different reasons #je is more accessible. it has that reread factor for me. my personal soap opera. she’s that bitch!#a heroine who tries to forge her own path in the face of obstacles and succeeds!!#whereas with villette i couldn’t see myself rereading it as much as the former (at least not the full book)#but i strongly identify with its themes (such as isolation and identity)#“who are you lucy snowe?”#it’s remarkably confessional i’m actually in awe

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