The Professor (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Charlotte Brontë
- First Published: 1857
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological
- Time of Work: Nineteenth century
- Setting: Belgium and England
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers, Values, Love or romance, Nineteenth century, Friendship, Schools or school life, Brothers, England or English people, Belgium or Belgian people
- Locales: England, Belgium
Characters Discussed
William Crimsworth, a young English orphan who, upon leaving Eton, is faced with a decision regarding his future. He receives from his mother’s aristocratic family an offer of a wife and a secure future as an Anglican clergyman. These he refuses, wanting neither his cousin for a wife nor a career as a poor churchman. He turns to his brother, a businessman, who takes him on as a junior clerk in his mill. Unhappy in his work under his brother, William travels to Brussels and becomes a teacher of English and Latin in a private school. After finding success,...
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