Lucy Snowe

Lucy Snowe, fictional character, a shy, plain British teacher in Belgium who is the protagonist of Charlotte Brontë’s semiautobiographical novel Villette (1853).

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Article Title: Lucy Snowe

Website Name: Encyclopaedia Britannica

Publisher: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.

Date Published: 30 November 2015

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Access Date: February 22, 2025