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Professor, The
Professor, The, a novel by C. Brontë, written 1846 (before Jane Eyre), but not published until 1857.
The story is based, like Villette, on the author's experiences in Brussels, and uses much of the same material, though the two principal characters are transposed. William Crimsworth, an orphan, goes to seek his fortune in Brussels. At the girls' school where he teaches English he falls in love with Frances Henri, whose Protestant honesty and modesty are contrasted with the manipulating duplicity of the Catholic headmistress, Zoraide Reuter. Crimsworth resists Mlle Reuter's overtures, resigns his post, and, after finding a new and better one, is able to marry Frances. |
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Professor, The." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Professor, The." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-ProfessorThe.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Professor, The." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-ProfessorThe.html |
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Professor, The
Professor, The (1881), a play by William Gillette. [Madison Square Theatre, 151 perf.] Professor Hopkins ( Gillette) is a handsome but unworldly pedant who finds himself pursued by a bevy of young girls, a pursuit which infuriates the Yale students who have been courting the girls. He must also confront a kidnapper and the girl he kidnapped, and a long‐lost brother and sister. Called “a character study” by the author, the play was accepted by the public for what it was—a lighthearted summer comedy.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Professor, The." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 28 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Professor, The." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 28, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-ProfessorThe.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Professor, The." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 28, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-ProfessorThe.html |
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