The Professor is Charlotte Brontes first novel, in which she audaciously inhabits the voice and consciousness of a man, William Crimsworth. Like Jane Eyre he is parentless; like Lucy Snowe in Villette he leaves the certainties of England to forge a life in Brussels. But as a man, William has freedom of action, and as a writer Bronte is correspondingly liberated, exploring the r...
The Professor is Charlotte Brontes first novel, in which she audaciously inhabits the voice and consciousness of a man, William Crimsworth. Like Jane Eyre he is parentless; like Lucy Snowe in Villette he leaves the certainties of England to forge a life in Brussels. But as a man, William has freedom of action, and as a writer Bronte is correspondingly liberated, exploring the relationship between power and sexual desire. William's first person narration reveals his attraction to the dominating directress of the girls' school where he teaches, played out in the school's 'secret garden'. Balanced against this is his more temperate relationship with one of his pupils, Frances Henri, in which mastery and submission interplay. The Professor was published only after Charlotte Brontes death; today it gives us a fascinating insight into the first stirrings of her supreme creative imagination.
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Aurelia’s conduct in class, at least when I am present, is something extraordinary, considered as an index of girlish innocence. The moment I enter the room, she nudges her next neighbour and indulges in a half-suppressed laugh. As I take my seat on the estrade, she fixes her eye on me; she seems resolved to attract, and, if possible, monopolize my notice: to this end she launches at me all sorts of looks, languishing, provoking, leering, laughing. As I am found quite proof against this sort of artillery— for we scorn what, unasked, is lavishly offered—she has recourse to the expedient of making noises; sometimes she sighs, sometimes groans, sometimes utters inarticulate sounds, for which language has no name. If, in walking up the schoolroom, I pass near her, she puts out her foot that it... (查看原文)
果然Villette有这部的影子，特别是人物和场景设置。可以理解为啥一开始被退稿了，因为和同时投稿的呼啸山庄比，确实差了好几个等级。后来的简爱也属实进步不少。但这部里不难看出夏洛特勃朗特的性格和写作风格，特别是对独立这个词的理解。如果说艾米莉勃朗特追求的独立是那种不受世俗纷扰的孤傲，那夏洛特的独立是一种受人尊敬的social status。虽然这部还是结构略零散，叙事风格和人物塑造没有后来她的小说...果然Villette有这部的影子，特别是人物和场景设置。可以理解为啥一开始被退稿了，因为和同时投稿的呼啸山庄比，确实差了好几个等级。后来的简爱也属实进步不少。但这部里不难看出夏洛特勃朗特的性格和写作风格，特别是对独立这个词的理解。如果说艾米莉勃朗特追求的独立是那种不受世俗纷扰的孤傲，那夏洛特的独立是一种受人尊敬的social status。虽然这部还是结构略零散，叙事风格和人物塑造没有后来她的小说好，但那种对人性善恶的洞察还是一如既往的敏锐。最喜欢的是这句：”Against slavery all right thinkers revolt, and though torture be the price of resistance, torture must be dared.”(展开)
果然Villette有这部的影子，特别是人物和场景设置。可以理解为啥一开始被退稿了，因为和同时投稿的呼啸山庄比，确实差了好几个等级。后来的简爱也属实进步不少。但这部里不难看出夏洛特勃朗特的性格和写作风格，特别是对独立这个词的理解。如果说艾米莉勃朗特追求的独立是那种不受世俗纷扰的孤傲，那夏洛特的独立是一种受人尊敬的social status。虽然这部还是结构略零散，叙事风格和人物塑造没有后来她的小说...果然Villette有这部的影子，特别是人物和场景设置。可以理解为啥一开始被退稿了，因为和同时投稿的呼啸山庄比，确实差了好几个等级。后来的简爱也属实进步不少。但这部里不难看出夏洛特勃朗特的性格和写作风格，特别是对独立这个词的理解。如果说艾米莉勃朗特追求的独立是那种不受世俗纷扰的孤傲，那夏洛特的独立是一种受人尊敬的social status。虽然这部还是结构略零散，叙事风格和人物塑造没有后来她的小说好，但那种对人性善恶的洞察还是一如既往的敏锐。最喜欢的是这句：”Against slavery all right thinkers revolt, and though torture be the price of resistance, torture must be dared.”(展开)
A very self-complacent image of a so called decent and independent young man. Too long and conceited. Three stars are all for James Wilby's charming reading, without which I should never have finished...A very self-complacent image of a so called decent and independent young man. Too long and conceited. Three stars are all for James Wilby's charming reading, without which I should never have finished it.(展开)
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1 有用 asoholic 2015-04-28 21:40:47
三星半，三姐妹一贯的好文笔，故事大致发展与阅读感受大致和Agnes Grey相似，吐槽别人褒奖自己，三观非常正。感觉这本书是一本草草结尾的小说，故事里明明铺垫了叙述者童年的精神问题，最后却happy ending了，还没写完呢？
2 有用 树叶的叶 2016-08-26 17:38:15
(1857) R4 melodrama，弱点很多，唯独女性独立的主题贯穿始终（源于作者经历），这一点远胜奥斯丁；敢于写婚后生活，着实罕见
0 有用 Faithful 2022-05-09 01:17:19
果然Villette有这部的影子，特别是人物和场景设置。可以理解为啥一开始被退稿了，因为和同时投稿的呼啸山庄比，确实差了好几个等级。后来的简爱也属实进步不少。但这部里不难看出夏洛特勃朗特的性格和写作风格，特别是对独立这个词的理解。如果说艾米莉勃朗特追求的独立是那种不受世俗纷扰的孤傲，那夏洛特的独立是一种受人尊敬的social status。虽然这部还是结构略零散，叙事风格和人物塑造没有后来她的小说... 果然Villette有这部的影子，特别是人物和场景设置。可以理解为啥一开始被退稿了，因为和同时投稿的呼啸山庄比，确实差了好几个等级。后来的简爱也属实进步不少。但这部里不难看出夏洛特勃朗特的性格和写作风格，特别是对独立这个词的理解。如果说艾米莉勃朗特追求的独立是那种不受世俗纷扰的孤傲，那夏洛特的独立是一种受人尊敬的social status。虽然这部还是结构略零散，叙事风格和人物塑造没有后来她的小说好，但那种对人性善恶的洞察还是一如既往的敏锐。最喜欢的是这句：”Against slavery all right thinkers revolt, and though torture be the price of resistance, torture must be dared.” (展开)
0 有用 Cannelé 2024-04-08 22:01:03 北京
看过维莱特再看这本真的怪有意思的……..夏洛蒂是真的爱国
2 有用 alex999 2019-11-05 20:06:14
用平淡的语气叙述心路历程。用词是真的精巧
0 有用 Cannelé 2024-04-08 22:01:03 北京
看过维莱特再看这本真的怪有意思的……..夏洛蒂是真的爱国
0 有用 Faithful 2022-05-09 01:17:19
果然Villette有这部的影子，特别是人物和场景设置。可以理解为啥一开始被退稿了，因为和同时投稿的呼啸山庄比，确实差了好几个等级。后来的简爱也属实进步不少。但这部里不难看出夏洛特勃朗特的性格和写作风格，特别是对独立这个词的理解。如果说艾米莉勃朗特追求的独立是那种不受世俗纷扰的孤傲，那夏洛特的独立是一种受人尊敬的social status。虽然这部还是结构略零散，叙事风格和人物塑造没有后来她的小说... 果然Villette有这部的影子，特别是人物和场景设置。可以理解为啥一开始被退稿了，因为和同时投稿的呼啸山庄比，确实差了好几个等级。后来的简爱也属实进步不少。但这部里不难看出夏洛特勃朗特的性格和写作风格，特别是对独立这个词的理解。如果说艾米莉勃朗特追求的独立是那种不受世俗纷扰的孤傲，那夏洛特的独立是一种受人尊敬的social status。虽然这部还是结构略零散，叙事风格和人物塑造没有后来她的小说好，但那种对人性善恶的洞察还是一如既往的敏锐。最喜欢的是这句：”Against slavery all right thinkers revolt, and though torture be the price of resistance, torture must be dared.” (展开)
0 有用 GREER 2021-07-14 18:05:42
A very self-complacent image of a so called decent and independent young man. Too long and conceited. Three stars are all for James Wilby's charming reading, without which I should never have finished... A very self-complacent image of a so called decent and independent young man. Too long and conceited. Three stars are all for James Wilby's charming reading, without which I should never have finished it. (展开)
2 有用 alex999 2019-11-05 20:06:14
用平淡的语气叙述心路历程。用词是真的精巧
1 有用 Chameleon 2018-11-13 14:38:55
Charlotte相对没有那么出名的一本书，不过给学生用来学习SAT和GRE词汇真是再好不过了。Charlotte的书真的是国外语言考试的一把标尺。