Charlotte Bronte

The Professor Illustrated Charlotte Bronte

The Professor, A Tale. was the first novel by Charlotte Brontë. The book tells the story of a young man named William Crimsworth, from his formative years to his appointment as a teacher at an all-girls school. The Professor is a story of a central character, William Crimsworth as he attempts to make his own way into the world. William is an orphan, whose mother died in childbirth, and his two Lord uncles undertook his care, begrudgingly, of his education. Alone in the world and determined to make his own living by his own hands, William seeks out his only other living relative, a much older cousin brother who turns out to be quite the brute and offers him job as a clerk due to his jealousy. Mr Hundsen come to his rescue whose advice makes William leave England