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Villette

Charlotte Brontë, Linda Marshall-Griffiths

Publisher: Oberon Books

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Summary

‘The sky is the first thing, I haven’t…I haven’t ever seen the sea, it isn’tthe colour I…The boat dips and…’ 
Lucy Snowe, a clone – one of three, survivor of a deadly pandemic sets out on a journey in search of a future. She travels to an archaeological dig, a hill of bones, a project looking for the elusive Lady of Villette.p>But the hill slides, haunted by the past Lucy begins a faltering journey back to living and the possibility of desire. 
‘To say it, I never said it out-loud,That love…Could be possible.’ 
On the 200th anniversary of Charlotte Brontë’s birth, West Yorkshire Playhouse celebrates her unique genius with a daring new adaptation by Linda Marshall-Griffiths.
Available since: 09/24/2016.

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