{"product_id":"book-dgsr","title":"Villette","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrought to you by Penguin. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis Penguin Classic is performed by Charlotte Ritchie, best known for her roles as Oregon in Channel 4's \u003ci\u003eFresh Meat, \u003c\/i\u003eHannah in the BBC Three comedy \u003ci\u003eSiblings\u003c\/i\u003e, and as Barbara Gilbert in BBC drama \u003ci\u003eCall the Midwife.  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith neither friends nor family, Lucy Snowe sets sail from England to find employment in a girls' boarding school in the small town of Villette. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere she struggles to retain her self-possession in the face of unruly pupils, an initially suspicious headmaster and her own complex feelings, first for the school's English doctor and then for the dictatorial professor Paul Emmanuel. Drawing on her own deeply unhappy experiences as a governess in Brussels, Charlotte Brontë's last and most autobiographical novel is a powerfully moving study of isolation and the pain of unrequited love, narrated by a heroine determined to preserve an independent spirit in the face of adverse circumstances.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Listening to Call the Midwife actress Charlotte Richie read Charlotte Brontë's lesser-known novel Villette was a hugely enjoyable experience on my morning commute on trains so packed that I could not stretch out my arms to open a book.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e - \u003c\/b\u003ei\u003ci\u003e News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(P) 2019 Penguin Audio\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49375718015280,"sku":"BDdgsr","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/dgsr-cover.jpg?v=1765324263","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dgsr","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}