The Professor

Written by Charlotte Bronte

Narrated by Roger May

Unpublished at the time of her death, The Professor is the first novel written by Charlotte Brontë, and the seed of her later books, Jane Eyre and Villette. The narrator of the tale, William Crimsworth, tells a story of courage and ambition among jealousy and envy: Orphaned from a young age, William rejects life in the clergy, and then as a tradesman, to the chagrin of his cruel uncles and elder brother. Instead he pursues a career in education and ends up in Brussels, where he meets student/teacher Francis Evans Henri, a half-English Swiss orphan, with whom he falls in love. However, their union is prevented by the jealousy of headmistress Mademoiselle Reuter, who has accidentally fallen in love with William herself...

• Language: English
• Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks
• Release date: Oct 28, 2019
• ISBN: 9781781982488

Charlotte Bronte

Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sister authors. Her novels are considered masterpieces of English literature – the most famous of which is Jane Eyre.

Reviews for The Professor

[vinniewaffle · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Until now I had thought, I would always love Brontë, but this book was awful. Boring, the main character emotionally underdeveloped and the love story made me shiver in a bad way - especially when the professor thought that his wife needed sternness. He kept treating her as his pupil even after they were a couple and it was still portrayed as a loving match.