{"product_id":"9780007449415","title":"Villette","description":"\u003cp\u003eSleep went quite away. I used to rise in the night, look round for her, beseech her earnestly to return. A rattle of the window, a cry of the blast only replied - Sleep never came!'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on Charlotte Brontë's own experiences as a governess in Brussels, her last novel tells the story of lonely Lucy Snowe who finds employment at a girls' boarding school in the town of Villette. Finding the students challenging and experiencing the pain of unrequited love for the first time, Lucy becomes increasingly isolated in a world governed by societal expectation and struggles to maintain her integrity in the face of her envious and watchful employer, Madame Beck.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Charlotte+Bront%C3%AB\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eCharlotte Brontë\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Collins+Classics\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eCollins Classics\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Charlotte Brontë,Collins Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47382676471971,"sku":"9780007449415","price":110.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780007449415_9cbf59c2-5157-4f9e-979c-837deeb51438.jpg?v=1776447257","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9780007449415","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}