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The Professor is Charlotte Brontë's first novel, reflecting her own
experience of life in Brussels and published after her untimely death.
Viewed as a precursor to the narrative style and characterization she
perfected in her later works, such as Jane Eyre, the novel is Brontë's
portrayal of a love story from a male perspective.
Writing from the point of view of orphaned young teacher William
Crimsworth - as the sole male protagonist among Brontë's works - the
author allows herself a freedom of action in love and will that reveals
her character's loves, desires, and ambitions, as he forges a new life
on his own terms in Brussels. William finds himself caught between the
desire he feels for Zoraide Reuter, the beguiling head of the girls'
school where he teaches, and the gentle love he feels for one of his
pupils, Frances Henri.
Exploring questions of love, identity, freedom, and independence, The
Professor is an important work in the small opus that is Charlotte
Brontë's significant contribution to English literature. One of the
most important female writers of the nineteenth century, Charlotte
Brontë is best known for her novel Jane Eyre, which was originally
published under the pseudonym Currer Bell.
