The ProfessorThe Professor is the hero of Charlotte Bront's first novel, where he 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 for a penniless girl who is both teacher and pupil in Reuter's school. This landmark story is part of the Penguin Classics relaunch, showcasing Bront's early literary prowess.