The Professor[教师] 外文书

图书标准信息

• 作者 Charlotte、Heather Glen（Other） 著
• 出版社 Penguin
• 出版时间 1989-06
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780140433111
• 定价 86.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 320页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Classics Series

【内容简介】

InTheProfessor,CharlotteBront?defiantlycreatedanexternallyunprepossessingprotagonistinWilliamCrimsworth,whoseunglamorousappearanceandstationbelieaninternalpower.Heisconsciousofbankedenergiesandemotionsthatmustfindanoutletinahostileworld.
Inthisfirstnovel,Bront?drewonherrecentexperiencesasastudentandteacherinaBelgiangirls'school.Shewroteitwhilestrugglingwiththemostemotionallyharrowingeventofheradultlife,herunreciprocatedromanticattractiontohermarriedteacherinBrussels,ConstantinHeger.Thisbackgroundlendsthefirst-personnarrativeaqualitythatwouldbecomeahallmarkofBront?'sstyle:astrikingemotionalintensity.

【作者简介】

CharlotteBront?
CharlotteBront?oncewrote,"Itisinvaintosayhumanbeingsoughttobesatisfiedwithtranquility:theymusthaveaction;andtheywillmakeitiftheycannotfindit."Thoughsheledaquietlife(anddiedyoung),Bront?indeedcreatedactioninhersweeping,passionatenovels,suchasthegothicdramaJaneEyre.

Biography
CharlotteBront?wasbornonApril21,1816,inThornton,Yorkshire,inthenorthofEngland,thethirdchildoftheReverendPatrickBront?andMariaBranwellBront?.In1820thefamilymovedtoneighboringHaworth,whereReverendBront?wasofferedalifetimecuracy.ThefollowingyearMrs.Bront?diedofcancer,andhersister,ElizabethBranwell,movedintohelpraisethesixchildren.Thefoureldestsisters--Charlotte,Emily,Maria,andElizabeth--attendedCowanBridgeSchool,untilMariaandElizabethcontractedwhatwasprobablytuberculosisanddiedwithinmonthsofeachother,atwhichpointCharlotteandEmilyreturnedhome.Thefourremainingsiblings--Charlotte,Branwell,Emily,andAnne--playedontheYorkshiremoorsanddreamedupfanciful,fabledworlds,creatingaconstantstreamoftales,suchastheYoungMenplays(1826)andOurFellows(1827).ReverendBront?kepthischildrenabreastofcurrentevents;amongthesewerethe1829parliamentarydebatescenteringontheCatholicQuestion,inwhichtheDukeofWellingtonwasaleadingvoice.Charlotte'sawarenessofpoliticsfilteredintoherfictionalcreations,asinthesiblings'sagaTheIslanders(1827),aboutanimaginaryworldpeopledwiththeBront?children'sreal-lifeheroes,inwhichWellingtonplaysacentralroleasCharlotte'schosencharacter.Throughoutherchildhood,CharlottehadaccesstothecirculatinglibraryatthenearbytownofKeighley.SheknewtheBibleandreadtheworksofShakespeare,GeorgeGordon,LordByron,andSirWalterScott,andsheparticularlyadmiredWilliamWordsworthandRobertSouthey.In1831and1832,CharlotteattendedMissWooler'sschoolatRoeHead,andshereturnedthereasateacherfrom1835to1838.Afterworkingforacoupleofyearsasagoverness,Charlotte,withhersisterEmily,traveledtoBrusselstostudy,withthegoalofopeningtheirownschool,butthisdreamdidnotmaterializeonceshereturnedtoHaworthin1844.In1846thesisterspublishedtheircollectedpoemsunderthepennamesCurrer(Charlotte),Ellis(Emily),andActon(Anne)Bell.ThatsameyearCharlottefinishedherfirstnovel,TheProfessor,butitwasnotacceptedforpublication.However,shebeganworkonJaneEyre,whichwaspublishedin1847andmetwithinstantsuccess.Thoughsomecriticssawimproprietyinthecoreofthestory--therelationshipbetweenamiddle-agedmanandtheyoung,naivegovernesswhoworksforhim--mostreviewerspraisedthenovel,helpingtoensureitspopularity.OneofCharlotte'sliteraryheroes,WilliamMakepeaceThackeray,wroteheralettertoexpresshisenjoymentofthenovelandtopraiseherwritingstyle,asdidtheinfluentialliterarycriticG.H.Lewes.FollowingthedeathsofBranwellandEmilyBront?in1848andAnnein1849,CharlottemadetripstoLondon,whereshebegantomoveinliterarycirclesthatincludedsuchluminariesasThackeray,whomshemetforthefirsttimein1849;hisdaughterdescribedBront?as"atiny,delicate,serious,littlelady."In1850shemetthenotedBritishwriterElizabethGaskell,withwhomsheformedalastingfriendshipandwho,attherequestofReverendBront?,laterbecameherbiographer.Charlotte'snovelVillettewaspublishedin1853.In1854CharlottemarriedArthurBellNicholls,acurateatHaworthwhoworkedwithherfather.Lessthanayearlater,however,shefellseriouslyill,perhapswithtuberculosis,andshediedonMarch31,1855.Atthetimeofherdeath,CharlotteBront?wasacelebratedauthor.The1857publicationofherfirstnovel,TheProfessor,andofGaskell'sbiographyofherlifeonlyheightenedherrenown.AuthorbiographyfromtheBarnes&NobleClassicseditionofJaneEyre.

GoodToKnow
Sadly,Bront?diedduringherfirstpregnancy.Whileherdeathcertificateliststhecauseofdeathas"phthisis"(tuberculosis),thereisaschoolofthoughtthatbelievesshemayhavediedfromexcessivevomitingcausedbymorningsickness.