![]() ![]() ![]() Pester’s book is divided into four theatrical acts, and this poem closes Act 4: although, strictly speaking, the collection ends with the coda ‘Heavy ending’, ‘Villette’ is the last thing that happens before the actors make their bow. ![]() The last poem in Holly Pester’s first collection COMIC TIMING (Granta, 2021) is called ‘Villette’ it shares its title with Charlotte Brontë’s 1853 novel about Lucy Snowe, an impoverished and extremely truculent governess. HOLDING THE ROOM: ON HOLLY PESTER’S ‘COMIC TIMING’ ![]()
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