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A review by ccxo
The Professor by Charlotte Brontë
3.0
https://clavie.co/2019/11/27/bookclub-reads-the-professor/
The Professor is the first novel Charlotte Bronte ever wrote, but the last to published. I feel like Charlotte was still searching for her own style when writing this story and I found it a bit less accomplished than the other novels I’ve read from her, but that’s to be expected.
The main character being male brought a new viewpoint to the novel’s setting as I’ve pretty much only read about it from the women’s point of view. It was interesting to see how it might have been for a man to live in 18th century England, and in this case The Netherlands as well.
The story is straight forward and quite simple, what plot twists Charlotte tried to create was easy to foresee. But that didn’t matter. What I enjoyed most about The Professor is its atmosphere, descriptions of the time and place, relationship struggles and in the end, a lovely, heartwarming romance.
Though something that did bother me somewhat is when Charlotte over-described things or people to be more precise. There are painfully long descriptions of people we would never hear from again. I understand that Charlotte has the skill for writing about the way people look, but enough is enough. Especially for such a short novel.
The Professor is the first novel Charlotte Bronte ever wrote, but the last to published. I feel like Charlotte was still searching for her own style when writing this story and I found it a bit less accomplished than the other novels I’ve read from her, but that’s to be expected.
The main character being male brought a new viewpoint to the novel’s setting as I’ve pretty much only read about it from the women’s point of view. It was interesting to see how it might have been for a man to live in 18th century England, and in this case The Netherlands as well.
The story is straight forward and quite simple, what plot twists Charlotte tried to create was easy to foresee. But that didn’t matter. What I enjoyed most about The Professor is its atmosphere, descriptions of the time and place, relationship struggles and in the end, a lovely, heartwarming romance.
Though something that did bother me somewhat is when Charlotte over-described things or people to be more precise. There are painfully long descriptions of people we would never hear from again. I understand that Charlotte has the skill for writing about the way people look, but enough is enough. Especially for such a short novel.