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The professor

This story of William Crimsworth, who goes to Brussels to seek his fortune, falls in love with Frances, a schoolteacher and lace-maker, and is pursued by Mlle Reuter, has often been dismissed as merely an abortive draft of Villette.

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  • "This story of William Crimsworth, who goes to Brussels to seek his fortune, falls in love with Frances, a schoolteacher and lace-maker, and is pursued by Mlle Reuter, has often been dismissed as merely an abortive draft of Villette."@en
  • "PLAYAWAY. This story of William Crimsworth, who goes to Brussels to seek his fortune, falls in love with Frances, a schoolteacher and lace-maker, and is himself pursued by Mlle Reuter, is a subtle portrayal of a self-made man and his relationships in a society that worships property and propriety."
  • "William Crimsworth...escapes the brutal employment of his brother in a Yorkshire mill town, changes profession and takes a position as tutor in a boys' school in Brussels. The authoress is unusually frank, for the time, in her scrutiny of the relationship between the teacher and the domineering headmistress of the adjoining girls' school, Zoraide Reuter. Crimsworth manages to avoid the older woman's manipulation and begins a relationship with a poor pupil/teacher only to have these advances briefly frustrated by the headmistress' jealousy and dislike of the younger woman."@en
  • "The Professor (1845-6), written before Jane Eyre, challenged contemporary expectations of the novel by its brevity, realism, and insistence on a working career both before and after marriage for its hero and heroine. Strikingly up to date for its period, the action begins against a background of the fight for better factory conditions in the 1830s, and finishes in the early 1840s with the spread of liberal ideas which led to the continental revolutions of 1848. This edition is based directly on the author's fair copy manuscript, and also includes 'Emma', Charlotte Bronte's last, unfinished attempt to write a novel after Villette."
  • "Based on the author's experiences as a language student in Brussels in 1842. Told from the point of view of William Crimsworth, the work formulated a new aesthetic that questioned many of the presuppositions of Victorian society. Bronte's hero escapes from a humiliating clerkship in a Yorkshire mill to find work as a teacher in Belgium, where he falls in love with an impoverished student-teacher."@en
  • "The first novel by the famous author of "Jane Eyre" is based on Bronte's experience as a young woman studying in Belgium, where she fell hopelessly in love with a married teacher. Many scholars acknowledge it as a study for her later novel, "Villette.""@en
  • "PLAYAWAY. William Crimsworth escapes from a humiliating clerkship in a Yorkshire mill to find work as a teacher in Belgium, where he falls in love with an impoverished student-teacher. An entanglement with an older woman, the sensuous but manipulative Zora'ide Reuter, complicates his affections for the student-teacher at Reuter's school. Told from the point of view of the only male narrator that Bront ︠used, The Professor formulates a new aesthetic that questions many of the presuppositions of Victorian society. Based on the author's experiences as a language student in Brussels in 1842, it endures today as a harbinger of Bront'︠s later novels and a compelling read in its own right."
  • "This is the story of William Crimsworth, who goes to Brussels to seek his fortune, falls in love with Frances - a schoolteacher and lace-maker - and is himself pursued by Mlle Reuter. It is a subtle portrayal of a self-made man and his relationships in a society that worships property and propriety, penned by Charlotte Bronte and perhaps inspired by her days as a student in Brussels."
  • "After an eventful upbringing filled with love and heartache, Englishman William Crimsworth moves to Belgium and takes up a teaching position at an all-girls school. Soon, he finds himself falling in love with an impoverished student-teacher. However, the school's seductive and manipulative headmaster, Zoraide Reuter, plans on disrupting Crimsworth's new love affair."@en
  • "This is the story of William Crimsworth, who goes to Brussels to seek his fortune, falls in love with Frances--a schoolteacher and lace-maker--and is himself pursued by Mlle Reuter. It is a subtle portrayal of a self-made man and his relationships in a society that worships property and propriety, penned by Charlotte Bronte and perhaps inspired by her days as a student in Brussels."@en
  • "The story of William Crimsworth, his portrayal as a man and his relationships in a society that values property and propriety."
  • "The Professor was the first novel that Charlotte Brontë completed, and is based on her experiences as a language student in Brussels in 1842. Told from the point of view of William Crimsworth, the only male narrator that she used, the work questioned many of the presuppositions of Victorian society."@en
  • "This story of William Crimsworth, who goes to Brussels to seek his fortune, falls in love with Frances, a schoolteacher and lace-maker, and is himself pursued by Mlle Reuter, is a subtle portrayal of a self-made man and his relationships in a society that worships property and propriety.--Container"
  • "William Crimsworth escapes from a humiliating clerkship in a Yorkshire mill to find work as a teacher in Belgium, where he falls in love with an impoverished student-teacher. An entanglement with an older woman, the sensuous but manipulative Zoraïde Reuter, complicates his affections for the student-teacher at Reuter's school."@en
  • "This first novel by the famous author of "Jane Eyre," is based on Bronte's experience as a young woman studying in Belgium, where she fell hopelessly in love with a married teacher. Many scholars acknowledge it as a study for her later novel, "Villette.""@en
  • "The chronicles of a young man's life from ancillary work in the local mills to the position of a professor in Belgium. He runs into many different women and fellow teachers with values that differ from his own."@en

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  • "Love stories"
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  • "The Professor"
  • "The Professor"@en
  • "The Professor : Read By: Frederick Davidson"@en

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