{"product_id":"shirley-and-the-professor-book-charlotte-bronte-9780307268211","title":"Shirley and The Professor","description":"\u003cp\u003eThese two classic novels, together with Bront 's well-known \u003ci\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVillette\u003c\/i\u003e, comprise a magnificent oeuvre, each one a singular achievement of characterization, human understanding, and narrative elegance and drama. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShirley \u003c\/i\u003eis the story of a complicated friendship between two very different women: shy and socially constrained Caroline, the poor niece of a tyrannical clergyman; and the independent heiress Shirley, who has both the resources and the spirit to defy convention. The romantic entanglements of the two women with a local mill owner and his penniless brother pit the claims of passion against the boundaries of class and society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Professor\u003c\/i\u003e--the first novel Bront  completed, the last to be published--is both a disturbing love story and the coming-of-age tale of a self-made man. At its center is William Crimsworth, who has come to Brussels to work as an instructor in a school for girls. When he becomes entangled with Zor ide Reuter, a charismatic and brilliantly intellectual woman, the fervor of her feelings threatens both her own engagement and William's chance of finding true love.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50134991765777,"sku":"CIN0307268217G","price":14.02,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0307268217.jpg?v=1750695522","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/shirley-and-the-professor-book-charlotte-bronte-9780307268211","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}