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With an Introduction and Notes by Peter Merchant, Canterbury Christchurch University College

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a powerful and sometimes violent novel of expectation, love, oppression, sin, religion and betrayal. It portrays the disintegration... Read Full Overview

With an Introduction and Notes by Peter Merchant, Canterbury Christchurch University College The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a powerful and sometimes violent novel of expectation, love, oppression, sin, religion and betrayal. It portrays the disintegration of the marriage of Helen... Read Full Overview

A powerful depiction of a woman's fight for domestic independence and creative freedom, from the youngest of the Bront sisters

A beautiful clothbound edition of Anne Bront 's most enduring novel, to accompany her sisters' greatest books in Penguin Hardcover Classics

Combining a sensational story of a man's physical and moral decline through alcohol, a study of marital breakdown, a disquisition on the care and upbringing of children, and a hard-hitting critique of the position of women in Victorian society, this passionate tale of betrayal... Read Full Overview

This novel narrates the arrival of a widow and her son to an old mansion, a fact that unleashes all kinds of reactions among the neighborhood. Breaking free of a quarrelsome, alcoholic husband, Helen now faces an oppressive society, but manages to pull through. The protagonist's... Read Full Overview

Who is the new woman in town? As Gilbert writes to his closest confidants, he describes the newest mystery in town. Gilbert learns she is a widow with a past. Helen describes how she survived the decline of her husband from alcohol and moral demons. Learn about the mindset of... Read Full Overview

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Unique Elements Historical Context Detailed 19th Century Historical Map "His heart was like a sensitive plant, that opens for a moment in the sunshine, but curls up and shrinks into itself at the slightest touch of the finger, or the lightest breath of wind." The Tenant of Wildfell... Read Full Overview

Combining a sensational story of a man's physical and moral decline through alcohol, a study of marital breakdown, a disquisition on the care and upbringing of children, and a hard-hitting critique of the position of women in Victorian society, this passionate tale of betrayal... Read Full Overview

Anne Bronte (1820-1849) was an English novelist and poet who didn't live long enough to give the world all she could have, but she did write Agnes Grey, which is now generally considered a classic in English and Western literature. Bronte and her sisters attempted to write several... Read Full Overview

The Tenant of Wildfell HallAnne BronteThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall is the second and final novel by the English author Anne Bront. It was first published in 1848 under the pseudonym Acton Bell. Probably the most shocking of the Bronts' novels, it had an instant and phenomenal... Read Full Overview

Originally published in 1848, "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" is the second and final novel written by Anne Bronte. Considered one of the first feminist novels, it was both instantly successful and highly controversial. The story follows the relationship between Gilbert Markham,... Read Full Overview

'A powerful novel of expectation, love, oppression, sin, religion and betrayal' Daily Mail

Anne Brontë's second and last novel was widely and contentiously reviewed upon its 1848 publication, in part because its subject matter domestic violence, alcoholism, women's rights, and universal salvation was so controversial. The tale unfolds through a series of letters between... Read Full Overview

This novel consists of three parts. The plot takes place in Victorian England. Everything begins from a young farmer Gilbert Markham, who tells the readers about a mysterious stranger. Her name is Helen Huntington. One day she appears in an old mansion and causes interest and... Read Full Overview

"The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" a novel by English author Anne Bront?. Her second and last novel, it is presented in the form of a series of letters from one Gilbert Markham to his friend and brother-in-law about how he met his wife. An enigmatic young widow arrives at the uninhabited... Read Full Overview

This book is one of the classic book of all time.

A mysterious young widow calling herself Helen Graham arrives at Wildfell Hall and immediately arouses her new neighbors' suspicions with her unconventional opinions and the attention she draws from the local bachelors. One of her admirers, a farmer named Gilbert Markham, readily... Read Full Overview