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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Anne Brontë
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
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"The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" is the second and final novel by the English author Anne Brontë. It was first published in 1848 under the pseudonym Acton Bell. Probably the most shocking of the Brontës' novels, it had an instant and phenomenal success, but after Anne's death her sister Charlotte... show more
"The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" is the second and final novel by the English author Anne Brontë. It was first published in 1848 under the pseudonym Acton Bell. Probably the most shocking of the Brontës' novels, it had an instant and phenomenal success, but after Anne's death her sister Charlotte prevented its re-publication.

The novel is framed as a series of letters from Gilbert Markham to his friend and brother-in-law about the events leading to his meeting his wife.

A mysterious young widow arrives at Wildfell Hall, an Elizabethan mansion which has been empty for many years, with her young son and servant. She lives there in strict seclusion under the assumed name Helen Graham and very soon finds herself the victim of local slander. Refusing to believe anything scandalous about her, Gilbert Markham, a young farmer, discovers her dark secrets. In her diary, Helen writes about her husband's physical and moral decline through alcohol, and the world of debauchery and cruelty from which she has fled. This novel of marital betrayal is set within a moral framework tempered by Anne's optimistic belief in universal salvation.

"The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" is mainly considered to be one of the first sustained feminist novels.

May Sinclair, in 1913, said that the slamming of Helen's bedroom door against her husband reverberated throughout Victorian England. In escaping her husband, Helen violates not only social conventions, but also English law.
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Format: kindle
ASIN: B01GTR8ABS
Publisher: Books on Demand
Pages no: 437
Edition language: English
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4.0 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte
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
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3.0 Plinky Plonky: "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" by Anne Brontë
(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
5.0 On Spousal Abuse
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
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3.0 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
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
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5.0 The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
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...
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