The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Authors: Bronte, Anne
Publisher: McClelland & Stewart
BISAC/Subject: FIC044000, FIC004000, FIC027040
ISBN: 9780735254022, Related ISBNs: 0099529661, 0679602798, 0735254028, 1784870757, 9780099529668
Classification: Non-Fiction
Number of pages: 591,
Audience: General/trade
Synopsis: Utterly compelling in its imaginative power and bold naturalism, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall opens in the autumn of 1827, when a mysterious woman under the assumed name Helen Graham seeks refuge at the moorland mansion of Wildfell Hall. As her neighbour Gilbert Markham comes to realize, Helen has painful secrets from her past that make her the object of gossip and jealousy.

Combining the story of a man’s physical and moral decline through alcohol, a study of a broken down marriage, a disquisition on the upbringing of children, and an uncompromising critique of the position of women in Victorian society, this novel of betrayal balances a stern moral framework and an optimistic belief in universal redemption. Scandalizing its readers on publication, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a daring tale and a powerful depiction of a woman’s fight for independence and creative freedom, told with the author’s signature wit and irony.  


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