The Professor

<p><I>The Professor</I> (1857) is English writer Charlotte Bront��'s first novel. Rejected by several publishing houses Bront�� shelved the novel in order to write her masterpiece <I>Jane Eyre</I> (1847). After her death <I>The Professor</I> was edited by Bront��'s widower Arthur Bell Nichols who saw that the novel was published posthumously. Based on Bront��'s experience as a student and teacher in Brussels-which similarly inspired her novel <I>Villette</I>-<I>The Professor</I> is an underappreciated early work from one of English literature's most important writers.</p><p>After rejecting a life as a clergyman William Crimsworth goes to work as a clerk for his brother Edward a successful businessman. Although he excels his brother grows jealous of his ability and intelligence abusing and belittling him until he is forced to quit. Disappointed he accepts a job at a boarding school in Belgium where mentored by the kind Monsieur Pelet William flourishes as a professor. When news of his work reaches Mademoiselle Reuter a local headmistress at a school for girls she offers him a position and William joins her staff. He begins to grow suspicious however when he overhears Reuter speaking about him with Pelet and discovers that the pair are engaged to be married. As he begins to second-guess their kindness he falls in love with Frances a young teacher-in-training. Harboring her own secret affection for William Mademoiselle Reuter decides she must dismiss Frances if she is to maintain her control of the young Englishman. Charlotte Bront��'s <I>The Professor</I> is a novel of romance jealousy and gothic mystery an early and promising work by one of Victorian England's most prominent writers.</p><p>This edition of Charlotte Bront��'s <I>The Professor</I> is a classic of English literature reimagined for modern readers.</p> <p>Since our inception in 2020 <b>Mint Editions</b> has kept sustainability and innovation at the forefront of our mission. Each and every Mint Edition title gets a fresh professionally typeset manuscript and a dazzling new cover all while maintaining the integrity of the original book.</p> <p>With thousands of titles in our collection we aim to spotlight diverse public domain works to help them find modern audiences. Mint Editions celebrates a breadth of literary works curated from both canonical and overlooked classics from writers around the globe.</p>