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The Professor
- Narrated by: James Wilby
- Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
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Publisher's Summary
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The Professor is Charlotte Brontë's first novel albeit the last to have been published. Edited and distributed by Arthur Bell Nicholls, two years after Brontë's death, it is based on her experiences of living as a language student in Brussels.
The only male narrator and protagonist in her stories, The Professor follows the career and love affairs of William Crimsworth, a reserved but compassionate aristocrat who has been ostracised by his family and left penniless.
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Narrator Biography
James Wilby trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts and later became an associate member of the institution.
He is an English actor, celebrated for appearing in films such as Maurice, Gosford Park, Howard's End and A Room with a View.
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- ilene
- 12-26-16
Beautiful
This beautiful story and impeccable narration makes you feel as if you were a participant in a beautiful concert. Everything comes together in such a beautiful way- you won't experience such poetic writing or plot anywhere else. It's a loss for anyone who doesn't experience this joy .
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- Allyson
- 05-11-20
A Positive Bronte!
Having been stung by Villette, and finding Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights very frustrating, I was reluctant to try another of the Bronte sisters' efforts, but this is quite different and has its appeal. The performance is masterful and literally made the listening experience one toward which I looked forward with anticipation as I sat down each evening. The values are solid, if a bit given to a female's flight of fancy when philosophizing on behalf of the male protagonist. Worth a listen.
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- Douglas
- 07-31-16
A Charming Romance...
this posthumously published novel is every bit as good as the best of 1800s romance. Bronte at her best!
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- M
- 01-19-15
The perfect narrator for Charlotte's great book
The professor is so underrated!! I adored it. The narrator was perfect and I found myself absolutely entranced.
Must listen!!!
You won't be disappointed
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- Richard Asbury
- 12-19-18
Virtuous, steady living brings blossoming love.
The reading was supurb! The professor and Frances are an ideal happily ever after. I wish I knew Victor's life. It would have been a nice sequel.
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- Vincent
- 04-28-22
Disappointed
Based on the reviews I was expecting a good read, unfortunately it was not
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- Margery R
- 05-31-21
Charlotte Bronte's experiment with words
The budding authoress tries her hand with French and English in the city of Brussels. The linguistic tour de force requires rapt attention.
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- Christina
- 01-16-21
The Professor- pure joy
I can’t believe this Bronte book has not gotten more covers- delightful. Would love the movie
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- abbey goldstein
- 07-15-20
no wonder it was originally rejected for publicati
Written with precision and elegance, the story itself is predictable and maudlin. The main female character is faultless to the point of saintliness. Other characters, for the most part, are also lacking in any verisimilitude and are one dimensional. The narrator is excellent. In sum, anyone who enjoys the Bronte sisters will find this worthy of reading so long as expectations are not great.
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- Virginia Sanden
- 05-19-20
Exquisite
Beautifully written and beautifully read. The Brontë sisters all write with such pathos. Not to be missed!
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- Danielle
- 04-20-07
Beautfil use of the English language
I love the use of the English language, so flowery and descriptive. The story gives great insight into the minds of men and women from that period, and the codes of conduct and protocol. Unfortunately, I don't speak a word of French, so some passages get lost on me.
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- Anonymous User
- 12-30-21
Great if you speak French
I love the Brontes but I’m sad to say that I gave up on this book in the end. I found the characters unlikable but that usually isn’t a reason for me to quit a book. However, the sections in French were so frequent that I felt I was missing whole conversations and I felt like I was wasting my time listening to a book I didn’t understand whole chunks of. Such a shame for me but I’m sure it’s great if you do speak French!
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- Pamela
- 12-25-21
James Wilby is an excellent narrator.
The story follows William Crimsworth from his humble beginnings, to his career as a teacher and eventual marriage to the woman he loves. Though intended to be a sympathetic hero, Crimsworth is a very judgemental and xenophobic character and goes on at some length about how superior he is to absolutely everyone. While this book did lack the underlying passion and angst that Bronte became so brilliant at writing, later on,
This is the third audiobook I have listened to narrated by James WIlby and he really does an excellent job of catching the feeling and flavor of the story.
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- Lisa
- 08-19-21
need to be French speaking
Couldn't finish it, first chapters good but far to much French spoken in latter chapters
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- Mrs R Samways
- 08-09-21
A Compelling Story
I found this book hard to put down. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly are all found interwoven into the story.
However the narrator, ie the Professor, is rather twee, almost too good to be true. It is a quieter story than some of the Bronte novels, but the passion and romance are there and it is a good "listen".
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-16-22
The Professor
Give it a miss. I wish I had. James Wilby is a good narrator, but I couldn't tolerate eithed his French or 'franglais'. I felt the story was long winded and over-indulgent. I struggled to finish it.
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- Anonymous User
- 06-02-22
not Brontë's best
unfortunately not one of Charlotte Brontë's better works, but a great insight into her early writing and well narrated. A bit of a struggle for those who don't understand French, as much of the dialogue is not translated.
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- ET
- 05-17-22
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This performance was good. But again the volume isn’t constant. It fades in and out.
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- AMum
- 05-06-22
I was gripped 1 1/2 hrs to the end but...
I was gripped 1 1/2 hours to the end because I knew how much of the book was to go and it seemed everything was wrapped up too neatly, way too early. Clearly (I thought) Charlotte has a surprise/shock coming for the reader and also for the arrogant twat William! What would be the equivalent of the mad wife in the attic? How would Hunsden sweep Frances off her feet and steal her from William? .....So you can imagine the disappointment of the ending that went on and on in an even more self-congratulatory way. Ho Hum.
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- mouse
- 04-29-22
Working in teaching
The narration was excellent and I really enjoyed the French extracts. If you don't understand spoken French, you will miss a great deal of the backstory. I thought the relationships depicted showed that Charlotte Brontë was younger when she wrote it than when she wrote Jane Eyre and that she had a massive crush on her professor! Uncomfortable references were made to attraction between male teacher and female staff and pupils. I enjoyed the original, believable characterisation but this came with woefully inequal expectations of male and female roles, including subservience and domination. Modern, it is not. There is a reason this has not been as successful as Jane Eyre. It touches on too many difficult topics and is too old-fashioned to translate well to film.
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The story of a woman's struggle for independence from an abusive husband. Helen 'Graham' has returned to Wildfell Hall in flight from a disastrous marriage and to protect her young son from the influence of his father. Exiled to the desolate moorland mansion, she adopts an assumed name and earns her living as a painter. Gilbert Markham, a local man intrigued by the beautiful young 'widow' offers his friendship but becomes distrustful when her reclusive behaviour sparks rumours and speculation.
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My favorite Bronte book
- By Carole T. on 03-04-12
By: Anne Brontë
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Sentimental Education
- By: Gustave Flaubert
- Narrated by: Michael Maloney
- Length: 15 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Frederic Moreau is a law student returning home to Normandy from Paris when he first notices Mme Arnoux, a slender, dark woman several years older than himself. It is the beginning of an infatuation that will last a lifetime. He befriends her husband, an influential businessman, and their paths cross and re-cross over the years. Through financial upheaval, political turmoil, and countless affairs, Mme Arnoux remains the constant, unattainable love of Moreau’s life.
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When Crimes of Passion Were All the Fashion
- By W Perry Hall on 03-12-17
By: Gustave Flaubert
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Night and Day
- By: Virginia Woolf
- Narrated by: Juliet Stevenson
- Length: 18 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Written before she began her experiments in the writing of fiction, Virginia Woolf's second novel, Night and Day, is a story about a group of young people trying to discover what it means to fall in love. It asks all the big questions: What does it mean to fall in love? Does marriage grant happiness? What is happiness? Night and Day is a conventional novel; however, it maps out for us the world of Virginia Woolf in its wondrous prose: For her it was the beginning, leading on to a prolonged engagement with her search for the means to express the "inner life".
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"After all, what is love?"
- By Eman Abd Allah on 12-13-16
By: Virginia Woolf
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Villette
- By: Charlotte Brontë
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 22 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Hailed as Charlotte Brontë’s “finest novel” by Virginia Woolf, Villette is the timeless semi-autobiographical tale of Lucy Snowe. Left with no family and no money, Lucy goes against her own timid nature and travels to the small city of Villette, France, where she becomes a school teacher in Madame Beck’s school for girls. During her stay, she falls in love—twice—and discovers an independent, inner strength rarely seen in women of her time.
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The Divine Ms. Porter delivers as always
- By peachnmario on 03-17-15
By: Charlotte Brontë
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Shirley
- By: Charlotte Brontë
- Narrated by: Anna Bentinck
- Length: 25 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Set in the industrialising England of the Napoleonic wars, a period of bad harvests, Luddite riots, and economic unrest, Shirley is the story of two contrasting heroines and the men they love. One is the shy Caroline Helstone, trapped in the oppressive atmosphere of a Yorkshire rectory, whose life represents the plight of single women in the 19th century. The other is the vivacious Shirley Keeldar, who inherits a local estate and whose wealth liberates her from convention.
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"As Romantic As Monday Morning"
- By Joseph R on 09-15-09
By: Charlotte Brontë
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
- By: Anne Brontë
- Narrated by: Mary Sarah Agliotta
- Length: 13 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Probably the most shocking of the Brontës' novels, this novel had an instant and phenomenal success and is widely considered to be one of the first sustained feminist novels. A mysterious widow, Mrs. Helen Graham, arrives at Wildfell Hall, a nearby old mansion. A source of curiosity for the small community, the reticent Helen and her young son Arthur are slowly drawn into the social circles of the village.
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A good story ruined by the narrator
- By i. Ski on 04-17-14
By: Anne Brontë
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
- By: Anne Brontë
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings, Jenny Agutter
- Length: 16 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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The story of a woman's struggle for independence from an abusive husband. Helen 'Graham' has returned to Wildfell Hall in flight from a disastrous marriage and to protect her young son from the influence of his father. Exiled to the desolate moorland mansion, she adopts an assumed name and earns her living as a painter. Gilbert Markham, a local man intrigued by the beautiful young 'widow' offers his friendship but becomes distrustful when her reclusive behaviour sparks rumours and speculation.
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My favorite Bronte book
- By Carole T. on 03-04-12
By: Anne Brontë
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Sentimental Education
- By: Gustave Flaubert
- Narrated by: Michael Maloney
- Length: 15 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Frederic Moreau is a law student returning home to Normandy from Paris when he first notices Mme Arnoux, a slender, dark woman several years older than himself. It is the beginning of an infatuation that will last a lifetime. He befriends her husband, an influential businessman, and their paths cross and re-cross over the years. Through financial upheaval, political turmoil, and countless affairs, Mme Arnoux remains the constant, unattainable love of Moreau’s life.
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When Crimes of Passion Were All the Fashion
- By W Perry Hall on 03-12-17
By: Gustave Flaubert