The professor's umbrella
Subtitle: a novel
By: Mary Jane Ward.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 1948
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
Description: WHAT IS THIS BOOK ABOUT??? WHAT GENRE IS IT? PLEASE ANSWER!!

Fiction, set in American Midwest, lecturer (has Ph.D. but not tenure-track) of English literature in large university.  Students like him, his teaching values are worthy.  Well-crafted story, full of surprises and lovely use of the language.  Partly about administration vs. faculty, but you'll be surprised by the twists.  Don't want to say more - would spoil the story.  Highly recommended.
Notes: I have this book but I'm in the middle of "Jane Eyre" (a really good book!) by Charlotte Bronte. And I don't really want to read "The Professor's Umbrella" until I know more about it because I don't want to get tied into it.