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by Anne Brontë, Lee Talley
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Elentarri's Book Blog
Elentarri's Book Blog rated it 5 years ago
TITLE: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall AUTHOR: Anne Bronte DATE PUBLISHED: 1996 (originally 1848) FORMAT: Paperback ISBN-13: 9780140434743 ____________________________ DESCRIPTION: "This is the story of a woman's struggle for independence. Helen "Graham" has returned to Wildfell Hall in fl...
Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios
Musings/Träumereien/Devaneios rated it 6 years ago
(Original Review, 1981-02-04)“The Tenant of Wildfell Hall” has received a lot of scholarly attention more recently, it has various depths beyond the exploration of domestic violence. She was partly not appreciated because her sister openly and strongly disagreed with the subject matter of the novel ...
The better to see you, my dear
The better to see you, my dear rated it 6 years ago
Ok. Anne is my favourite Brontë now, hands down. Her social commentary was decades before the times opinions and all around relevant still (sadly for the most part). There is nothing over the top or sensational here. There is a lot of spousal abuse and neglect going around, but the fact that it's ...
The Reading Jackalope
The Reading Jackalope rated it 8 years ago
The Tennant of Wildfell Hall is Anne Bronte's novel about the depredations of alcohol. It is essentially a primer for the temperance movement, and yet it's also wildly feminist for it's time and rather snarky in some places. I wouldn't say I loved the novel, but I enjoyed it.The novel is two stories...
Lillelara
Lillelara rated it 9 years ago
This is one great classic. So far I have read Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë, which I loved, and Wuthering Heights by Emily, a book which I absolutely hated (Cathy and Heathcliff, I loath you with all my heart). But The Tenant of Wildfell Hall outshines both these books in my opinion. I really enjo...
mybookjournal
mybookjournal rated it 10 years ago
Helen.. oh dear Helen.. The brave tenant of wildfell Hall. You are neither Jane Eyre, nor Cathy, You are different from them all. I admired you, sympathized with you too, When I read your part of the story. But never once you made me feel you are feeble, You rose every time you fell, head high in ...
pedestrienne
pedestrienne rated it 10 years ago
It took me a bit to get into this, because Gilbert Markham is a nice but exasperating young man. Little was I to know that compared to the other men I'd meet in this novel, Gilbert is a paragon of niceness and virtuous thoughts (that aren't always able to stop his rash actions). Also took me a while...
pedestrienne
pedestrienne rated it 10 years ago
It took me a bit to get into this, because Gilbert Markham is a nice but exasperating young man. Little was I to know that compared to the other men I'd meet in this novel, Gilbert is a paragon of niceness and virtuous thoughts (that aren't always able to stop his rash actions). Also took me a while...
pedestrienne
pedestrienne rated it 10 years ago
It took me a bit to get into this, because Gilbert Markham is a nice but exasperating young man. Little was I to know that compared to the other men I'd meet in this novel, Gilbert is a paragon of niceness and virtuous thoughts (that aren't always able to stop his rash actions). Also took me a while...
learn by going
learn by going rated it 10 years ago
Gah, why had I not heard of this book until only a few years ago? Why is it not read as widely as the books of Charlotte and Emily? It appears one explanation is that Charlotte prevented the novel's re-publication after her sister's death at 29. That's a shame because it was apparently successful wh...
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