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Summary: Not As Strong As the Others
Review: This book is clearly not as strong as Shirley and Villette but it contains elements that will interest the reader about the early writing of Charlotte Bronte. The story bears some resemblence to Villette and after you read this you are able to make a better comparison. Recommended to those interested in Charlotte Bronte in all her aspects.
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Summary: A dull day in Brussels
Review: This was Charlotte Brontë's first novel, and I thought that it was an uninspiring, dull one. It's a love story, set mainly in Brussels, where the young William Crimsworth has found a job teaching English to local schoolchildren. He falls in love with another teacher - will they marry or be foiled? Was I ever in doubt? Answer: no.It's slugglish, predictable stuff, and the author even indulges in gentle xenophobia (at one stage complaining about the way the Continentals make tea - it seems that the English have been moaning about this for longer than I thought!). There is one interesting character - Hunsden, a republican, anti-establishment Englishman. Through Hunsden, Brontë touches upon some fairly important issues in nineteenth-century British society, such as the rise of people whose wealth derived from industrialisation rather than from landed inheritances, and the tensions this caused. But such themes are never really developed and get swamped by the plodding romance. Not one to remember. G Rodgers
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Summary: Another Great Love Story
Review: Though not as well developed as some of the other Bronte stories and perhaps too predictable, The Professor is still a great love story. William Crimsworth must find his own way in the world, first in England and then in Europe. While working in the field of education he finds a love interest but looses to another. He finds another love interest, but looses to circumstance. Finally, however, he overcomes circumstance.
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