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London: Smith, Elder & Co..., 1853. Full Description: [BRONTË, Charlotte]. Villette. By Currer Bell, Author of "Jane Eyre," "Shirley," etc. In Three Volumes. London: Smith, Elder & Co...., 1853. First edition. Three octavo volumes (7 3/4 x 4 7/8 inches; 195 x 125 mm). [4], 324, [12, publisher’s catalogue dated February 1853]; [4], 319, [1, printer's imprint]; [4], 350, [1, printer's imprint], [1, blank] pp. No half-titles called for. 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. Spines stamped in blind with a floral design at head and tail. Spines lettered in gilt. Original pale yellow coated endpapers. Top edges uncut. A very minor amount of rubbing to cloth. A bit of light finger soiling. A few pages with small marginal stains, and page 107 of volume III opened rough at fore-edge, but not affecting text. Housed in green cloth clamshell. A near…

Villette is a novel by Charlotte Brontë, published in 1853. Drawing from Brontë's own experiences, the novel follows Lucy Snowe as she leaves England to teach at a girl's school in the fictional town of Villette, Belgium.