This paper examines how Lucy Snowe, the now old first-person narrator of Villette, still
struggles to accept the loss, in her youth, of her only love. The narrator Lucy is oftern regard-
ed as “unreliable” because she withholds crucial information from the reader. However, an
examination of her narrative technique reveals how the narrator teaches the reader to interpret her story. Although this story is about the young Lucy, the narrative technique allows us to understand the emotions of the now old narrator.