“The Town” is Charlotte Brontë’s last—and, in Thackeray’s opinion, her best—novel, and it once was considered the most scandalous as well. The simple and sad story of Lucy Snow struck a strong chord with her contemporaries. After a family tragedy, with no means of support, Lucy becomes a companion to a sick old woman, and then moves to a fictional French town (with Brussels as its model) to teach at the local school. Here, she finds new acquaintances, friendship, love, and bitter disappointments. Listen to a classic of English romanticism—only on Storytel.