The Professor - Softcover

Brontė, Charlotte

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847497179 ISBN 13: 9781847497178

Publisher: Alma Classics, 2018

Synopsis

When the orphaned William refuses his uncles' proposal to become a clergyman and angrily leaves his job in the counting-house of his brother's mill, he decides to accept a position as an English teacher at a boys' school in Brussels. When his career leads him to take up an additional post at a girls' school nearby, William becomes emotionally involved with the manipulative headmistress of the establishment, Mademoiselle Reuter. The tensions rise until one of his pupils and fellow teachers – for whom he has tender feelings – is suddenly dismissed and is nowhere to be found.

Based on Charlotte Brontė's own autobiographical experience in Brussels as a teacher and only published posthumously, The Professor was Charlotte Brontė's first attempt at full-length fiction and bears all the hallmarks of her future work, with touches of genius and an unparalleled sharpness of style.

About this title

About the Author:

Charlotte Brontė (1816–55) was the eldest of the three celebrated Brontė sisters. Under the care of her father, Charlotte was educated and encouraged to take an interest in natural history. This freedom inspired Charlotte to argue strongly for the intellectual worth of women through her novels, and her success and the respect she won paved the way for future female authors.

Review:

At the end we are steeped through and through with the genius, the vehemence, the indignation of Charlotte Bronte ... It is the red and fitful glow of the heart's fire which illuminates her page. -- Virginia Woolf

About this edition

• Publisher: Alma Classics
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1847497179
• ISBN 13: 9781847497178
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288