Villette (Easy Classics)
Published on 5. May 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
978-1-78226-711-9 (ISBN)
Description
An adapted and illustrated edition of Charlotte Bronte's classic novel - at an easy-to-read level for all ages!
The prayer bell rang in the house. Suddenly, a figure ran out, sweeping past us. It was the ghostly nun herself. The wind rose to a howl. Rain started pouring down, wild and cold.
Lucy Snowe has suffered enough loss and misery to fill a lifetime. When she moves to Villette and becomes a teacher, she hopes she can finally find happiness. Here, long-forgotten people and memories surface from her past. But Lucy finds that falling in love isn't straight-forward. And she keeps running into a ghostly nun that haunts the school grounds ...
The Complete Bronte Sisters Children's Collection:
From the haunted Yorkshire moors to the towering battlements of Thornfield Hall, experience the Bronte sisters' famous stories of love, self-discovery and family feuds. Adapted and illustrated for children aged 7+.
The prayer bell rang in the house. Suddenly, a figure ran out, sweeping past us. It was the ghostly nun herself. The wind rose to a howl. Rain started pouring down, wild and cold.
Lucy Snowe has suffered enough loss and misery to fill a lifetime. When she moves to Villette and becomes a teacher, she hopes she can finally find happiness. Here, long-forgotten people and memories surface from her past. But Lucy finds that falling in love isn't straight-forward. And she keeps running into a ghostly nun that haunts the school grounds ...
The Complete Bronte Sisters Children's Collection:
From the haunted Yorkshire moors to the towering battlements of Thornfield Hall, experience the Bronte sisters' famous stories of love, self-discovery and family feuds. Adapted and illustrated for children aged 7+.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Leicester
United Kingdom
Target group
Children/juvenile
Reading Age: From 7 to 11 years, Interest Age: From 7 to 11 years
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
117 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78226-711-9 (9781782267119)
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Stephanie was born in England before emigrating to Australia - and later New Zealand - with her family, where she trained as a nurse. Whilst back in England on holiday, she met and married her husband, had a daughter and settled down.
Stephanie's lifelong interest in writing became more serious when her first children's book, Avalanche, was published in the 1980s. Since then, she has had around forty children's books published, and has also published an historical novella for adults. Stephanie works closely with schools, she tutors for two writing schools and occasionally runs writing workshops for adults.
Stephanie joined Sweet Cherry Publishing in 2013 with her Mr Pattacake series, and she has since written The Dinosaur Detectives.
Stephanie currently lives in the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire.
Arianna is a freelance illustrator based in Florence, Italy, where she majored in Entertainment Design at Nemo Academy. Since then she has worked as 2D artist with Italian independent video game studios. The Sherlock Holmes series is her debut novel as an illustrator for Children's books. Charlotte Bronte was born in 1816 and is widely known for her novels and poems. She is the eldest of the three Bronte sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of English literature.
Stephanie's lifelong interest in writing became more serious when her first children's book, Avalanche, was published in the 1980s. Since then, she has had around forty children's books published, and has also published an historical novella for adults. Stephanie works closely with schools, she tutors for two writing schools and occasionally runs writing workshops for adults.
Stephanie joined Sweet Cherry Publishing in 2013 with her Mr Pattacake series, and she has since written The Dinosaur Detectives.
Stephanie currently lives in the Chiltern Hills in Buckinghamshire.
Arianna is a freelance illustrator based in Florence, Italy, where she majored in Entertainment Design at Nemo Academy. Since then she has worked as 2D artist with Italian independent video game studios. The Sherlock Holmes series is her debut novel as an illustrator for Children's books. Charlotte Bronte was born in 1816 and is widely known for her novels and poems. She is the eldest of the three Bronte sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels became classics of English literature.