The Teacher

«The Teacher» — the first novel by Charlotte Brontë, published only after her death. In the love story of the young teacher William Crimsworth and his student Frances, one can discern Brontë's biography: studying in Brussels and romantic feelings towards a male teacher at a boarding school.
The main character, an Englishman from a poor family, seeks work in Belgium. Social prejudices, poverty, and gender barriers reflect a realistic view on immigrant life and women's emancipation. The novel features a restrained style, autobiographical details, and themes of hard work, loyalty, and finding a homeland through love, anticipating motives from «Jane Eyre».
Charlotte Brontë (1816—1855) — a famous English writer whose great novels have entered the history of literature and remain relevant even today. At the age of 20, she sent poems to poet Robert Southey, who replied that she had talent, but literature was not a woman's pursuit. With her brother Branwell, she created sagas about the glass city of Verdopolis — an African utopia of colonizers. Her first novel «The Teacher», written in 1846, was rejected by nine publishers, but Charlotte did not give up, and in 1857, the novel was published.