If you surveyed a bunch of random strangers, asking them to name the first Bronte Sisters novel that came into their heads, I'm betting that Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights would total to the vast majority of the answers. After reading this book I have to ask why Anne isn't getting an equal share of...
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall had been lurking in the shadows of my TBR shelf for a long time. Far too long. It was lying in waiting. And when its chance came, it pounced on me and has not let me go. Seriously, what a ride! The first thing that struck me was the structure of the novel: it starts o...
The novel is written as a series of letters from Gilbert Markham, to an old friend, detailing a particularly interesting time in his youth.When the reclusive and beautiful young widow - Helen Graham - takes up residence in old Wildfell Hall, along with her young son, Arthur; the local residence all ...