At a museum, this novel’s protagonist compares a series of four moralizing paintings of women to a nude depicting Cleopatra. A reference to the “destroying angel of tempest” is often read as a hint that this novel’s love interest dies in a shipwreck. This novel opens with the arrival of Polly Home at the Bretton estate, where she becomes obsessed with John Graham. A central location in this novel is (*) haunted by the ghost of a nun who was buried alive. This novel ends as its protagonist opens a rival pensionnat (“PAWN-son-ah”) to Madame Beck’s with funds given to her by Monsieur Paul. Both this novel and The Professor were influenced by their author's time working at a boarding school in Belgium. For 10 points, name this novel about Lucy Snowe, the final written by Charlotte Brontë. ■END■
ANSWER: Villette
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