Charlotte Brontes years in Belgium (184243) had a huge influence
both on her life and her work. It was in Brussels that she not only
honed her writing skills but fell in love and lived through the
experiences that inspired two of her four novels: her first, The
Professor, and her last and in many ways most interesting,
Villette. Her feelings about Belgium are known from her novels and
letters her love for her tutor Heger, her uncomplimentary remarks
about Belgians, the powerful effect on her imagination of living
abroad. But what about Belgian views of Charlotte Bronte? What has
her legacy been in Brussels? How have Belgian commentators
responded to her portrayal of their capital city and their society?
Through Belgian Eyes explores a wide range of responses from across
the Channel, from the hostile to the enthusiastic. In the process,
it examines what The Professor and Villette tell Belgian readers
about their capital in the 1840s and provides a wealth of detail on
the Brussels background to the two novels. Unlike Paris and London,
Brussels has inspired few outstanding works of literature. That
makes Villette, considered by many to be Charlotte Brontes
masterpiece, of particular interest as a portrait of the Belgian
capital a decade after the country gained independence in 1830, and
just before modernisation and expansion transformed the city out of
all recognition from the villette (small town) that Charlotte knew.
Her view of Brussels is contrasted with those of other foreign
visitors and of the Belgians themselves. The story of Charlotte
Brontes Brussels legacy provides a unique perspective on her
personality and writing.
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