Lucy Snowe navigates 19^th century society, the intrigues of a French boarding school and the passion of several suitors as she grows from orphan to teacher to, eventually, herself.

Based on the novel by Charlotte Bronte.

SYNOPSIS:

Lucy Snowe, an orphan in 19th century England, grows through formative years in the estate of distant relatives. Her relationships with her cousin John Graham and family friend Polly home steel her resolve to live as her own person, no matter her social standing.

At seventeen, Lucy leaves home for the small French village of Villette, and its pennsionat, or boarding school. Here, she must struggle against the domineering Mme, Beck, the misogynistic Paul Emanuel and the ghostly apparition of a "Lady in White".

Through all of her trails, tribulations, passions and perils, Lucy fights to maintain her heart, her ideals and that most important vision of all: who she is.

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