The Professor by Charlotte Brontë

The Professor

Charlotte Brontë

260 pages first pub 1857 (editions)

fiction classics literary romance reflective slow-paced

Description

The hero of Charlotte Bronte's first novel escapes a dreary clerkship in industrial Yorkshire by taking a job as a teacher in Belgium. There, however, his entanglement with the sensuous but manipulative Zoraide Reuter, complicates his affections f...

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Moods

reflective 66%
emotional 29%
lighthearted 20%
hopeful 19%
relaxing 16%
challenging 13%
inspiring 11%
funny 8%
sad 7%
informative 5%
dark 4%
adventurous 2%
tense 2%
mysterious 1%

Pace

slow 65%
medium 29%
fast 4%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 76% | A mix: 19% | Plot: 3%

Strong character development?

No: 55% | Yes: 29% | It's complicated: 13% | N/A: 1%

Loveable characters?

No: 46% | Yes: 32% | It's complicated: 19% | N/A: 1%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 87% | Yes: 5% | N/A: 4% | It's complicated: 2%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

No: 51% | Yes: 30% | It's complicated: 17% | N/A: 1%

Average rating

3.21

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