Charlotte Bront�(18161855) is the author of Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette, and The Professor(published posthumously). Jessica Coxis a research student and postgraduate tutorial assistant in the Department of English at the University of Wales, Swansea. Lucasta Milleris the author of The Bront� Mythand writes for the Guardian. Heather Glenteaches at the University of Cambridge and is the editor of the Penguin Classics edition of Charlotte Bront�s The Professor.