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Charlotte Bronte The Professor Dover Thrift Editions
Charlotte Bronte The Professor Dover Thrift Editions
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A new, beautifully laid-out edition of Charlotte Brontë's first novel, The Professor, which went unpublished until after her death in 1857. The Professor is the story of a young man, William Crimsworth, the titular professor, describing his maturation, his career as a teacher in Brussels, and his personal relationships, all from his first-person perspective. The novel is based on Charlotte Brontë's experiences in Brussels, where she studied as a language student and was a teacher in 1842. Much of the subject matter of The Professor was later reworked, from the perspective of a female teacher, into Brontë's later novel Villette.
Charlotte Brontê (1816-1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the famed Brontë sisters whose novels are considered to be classics of English literature. Originally employed as a governess, Charlotte and her sisters turned to writing, using the pseudonyms Acton, Currer, and Ellis Bell to publish collections of their poetry in 1846. Although her first novel, The Professor, was rejected by publishers (it was later published posthumously in 1857), her second novel, Jane Eyre, was published in 1847 to great public acclaim. In 1848, Charlotte begun work on her next novel, Shirley, before tragedy befell her family and she temporarily put aside writing – her brother, Branwell, dying in September of 1848, her sister Emily in December of 1848, and Anne finally in May 1849. Eventually returning to writing to deal with her grief, Shirley was published in October 1849. This was followed by Villette in 1853. She died in 1855 at age 39 due to complications from pregnancy, the last of her siblings to die. Charlotte Brontë is considered to be one of the most significant and greatest English language novelists of the 19th century, and her masterpiece Jane Eyrecontinues to be ranked among the finest and most beloved novels in the English language, the subject to countless highly successful TV and film adaptations.
Charlotte Brontê (1816-1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the famed Brontë sisters whose novels are considered to be classics of English literature. Originally employed as a governess, Charlotte and her sisters turned to writing, using the pseudonyms Acton, Currer, and Ellis Bell to publish collections of their poetry in 1846. Although her first novel, The Professor, was rejected by publishers (it was later published posthumously in 1857), her second novel, Jane Eyre, was published in 1847 to great public acclaim. In 1848, Charlotte begun work on her next novel, Shirley, before tragedy befell her family and she temporarily put aside writing – her brother, Branwell, dying in September of 1848, her sister Emily in December of 1848, and Anne finally in May 1849. Eventually returning to writing to deal with her grief, Shirley was published in October 1849. This was followed by Villette in 1853. She died in 1855 at age 39 due to complications from pregnancy, the last of her siblings to die. Charlotte Brontë is considered to be one of the most significant and greatest English language novelists of the 19th century, and her masterpiece Jane Eyrecontinues to be ranked among the finest and most beloved novels in the English language, the subject to countless highly successful TV and film adaptations.