Young and self-absorbed, Lucy Snowe travels from England in order to seek employment in a girls’ boarding school in a small French town: Villette. After facing isolation and societal pressure, Lucy desires freedom, love and balance in her life. Ultimately, Lucy must make a crucial decision that will impact her, for better or for worse.

‘If life be a war, it seemed my destiny to conduct it single-handed.’

Young and self-absorbed, Lucy Snowe travels from England in order to seek employment in a girls’ boarding school in a small French town: Villette.

After facing isolation and societal pressure, Lucy desires freedom, love and balance in her life. Ultimately, Lucy must make a crucial decision that will impact her, for better or for worse.