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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Author
Anne Bronte
Series
Timeless Classics
Language
English
Length
426 pages
ISBN
9781909904965
Published
15 December 2013
Imprint
Sovereign
  • secrecy
  • abusive marriage
  • redemption
  • personal freedom
  • societal norms
  • gossip
  • speculation
  • resilience
  • unconventional
  • moral dilemmas

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Helen Graham takes Wildfell Hall and will not explain herself. Anne Brontë’s novel is a wife’s ledger of a marriage gone to drink, a painter’s independence, and the right to leave. Gilbert Markham wants the mystery; Helen wants a life that is not a man’s ruin. Victorian manners meet a hard moral: addiction, hypocrisy, and a woman who keeps the keys. The book shocked because it told the marriage from inside the wreck. Hunting, painting, a brother’s loyalty, and a woman who will not go back to being an ornament.

Author

Anne Brontë (1820–1849) wrote with a quieter blade than her sisters: Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall look steadily at work, drink, and a woman’s right to leave. The moral force has not dated.

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