Professor (eBook)

Charlotte Bronte (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2019
224 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-84522-7 (ISBN)

Infos

Orphaned in his boyhood, William Crimsworth was sent to Eton by aristocratic relatives who withdrew their support when he declined to become a clergyman. After a disastrous attempt to join his estranged brother's business, William trades his Yorkshire clerkship for a teaching position at a Belgian boarding school. His loneliness is brightened by a beguiling headmistress, but her sensuous appeal complicates his attraction to a penniless girl who is both a student and teacher. Although published posthumously, The Professor was written before Jane Eyre and Charlotte Brontë's other novels. Readers may recognize the book's autobiographical elements, which — like Villette — center on a love-starved English teacher at a Brussels school. In this case, however, the protagonist is a man, many of whose problems — workplace drudgery, social and romantic isolation — are similar to those of middle-class Victorian women. Brontë's moving portrayal of a social outsider's perspective adds interest to this showcase of her developing style and talent.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.11.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Thrift Editions
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Anthologien
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Schlagworte: Brontë • Brontës • Charlotte Brontë • Currer Bell • first novel • Jane Eyre • Sisters • William Crimsworth
• ISBN-10: 0-486-84522-2 / 0486845222
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-84522-7 / 9780486845227