Villette by Charlotte Bronte

This book didn't make a big impression on me, although I enjoyed reading it.  It tells the story of Lucy, a young lady who seeks employment at an all-girls' boarding school after a family tragedy.  It is interesting that this main character conceals things she knows, even from the reader.  At the boarding school, she becomes embroiled in the lives of others.  She eventually forms a romantic attachment to a fellow teacher.  The people surrounding them conspire to separate the two of them.  The ending is unclear, although the reader is left with the impression that her lover dies on his ocean voyage back to Lucy from the West Indies.  As is typical for the Bronte sisters, it is a very dramatic story with high emotions and unusual situations (like a ghost and a man living in disguise).  It is entertaining and worth the time, but don't expect it to change your life.