The Professor

"The Professor" was the first novel by Charlotte Brontë. The book is the story of a young man, William Crimsworth, and is a first-person narrative from his perspective. It describes his maturation and his loves. William Crimsworth is an orphaned child, educated at Eton College after being taken in by his uncles. After having worked as a clerk for his cruel elder brother, he departs for Belgium, where he becomes a professor at an all-girl's school and meets his wife-to-be, who is a pupil of his.