Charlotte Brontë’s time at the Pensionnat Heger in Brussels, her attachment to her teacher Constantin Heger and the letters she wrote him afterwards are re-examined here against critics who read Villette as plain autobiography and Madame Heger as the scheming Madame Beck. A second part gives the author’s own reminiscences of the Hegers.
A spirited defence written by someone who knew the Hegers in person, for Brontë readers curious about the story behind Villette. Download the free EPUB.