The Professor (Perennial Favorites Collection)

A New York Times Bestselling Author -- Even after the success of Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronté could persuade no one to publish her first novel, The Professor, which was published posthumously.Orphan William Crimsworth was raised by aristocratic uncles and educated for the clergy, but rejects that life for work at his brother's Yorkshire mill. Treated badly there, William seeks his fortune in Brussels, where he finds work as a schoolteacher and falls in love. Charlotte Bronté's portrayal of a self-made man and his relationships in a society that worships property and propriety reveals her as a social critic of insight and power.