ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

LITERATURE QUESTIONS

MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Professor was the first novel by:
A
Emily Bronte
B
Charlotte Bronte
C
Anne Bronte
D
Jane Austen
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -was the first novel by Charlotte Brontë. It was written before Jane Eyre, but was rejected by many publishing houses. It was eventually published, posthumously, in 1857, with the approval of Charlotte Brontë’s widower, Arthur Bell Nicholls, who took on the task of reviewing and editing the text.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Professor was the first novel by Charlotte Brontë. It was originally written before Jane Eyre and rejected by many publishing houses, but was eventually published posthumously in 1857 by approval of Arthur Bell Nicholls, who accepted the task of reviewing and editing of the novel.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Professor, first novel written by Charlotte Brontë. She submitted the manuscript for publication in 1847, at the same time that her sisters found publishers for their novels Agnes Grey and Wuthering Heights.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Professor is Charlotte Brontës first novel, in which she audaciously inhabits the voice and consciousness of a man, William Crimsworth. Like Jane Eyre he is parentless; like Lucy Snowe in Villette he leaves the certainties of England to forge a life in Brussels.

Detailed explanation-5: -The most important themes of The Professor are touched upon, Religion, Patriotism, Social identity and Gender Issues. Charlotte Bronte explored the theme of religion as an optimistic aspects as well as the oppressive side of the church and its incapability.

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