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“I believe in some blending of hope and sunshine sweetening the worst lots. I believe that this life is not all; neither the beginning nor the end. I believe while I tremble; I trust while I weep.”
- Source
- Villette
- Date
- 1853
- Local voice
- Fictional narrator · Lucy Snowe
Meaning of “I believe in some blending of hope and…”
Lucy Snowe holds hope and fear at the same time; endurance here does not require the disappearance of trembling or grief before trust becomes possible.
Where does it come from?
Villette, late in the novel; spoken in the first-person narrative voice of the fictional Lucy Snowe. The religious hope belongs to Lucy’s character and scene, not a direct autobiographical declaration by Charlotte Brontë.
Why the local voice matters
Villette, late in the novel; spoken in the first-person narrative voice of the fictional Lucy Snowe. The religious hope belongs to Lucy’s character and scene, not a direct autobiographical declaration by Charlotte Brontë.
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