Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Wordsworth Classics)

Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Wordsworth Classics)

With an Introduction and Notes by Peter Merchant, 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 Huntingdon, the mysterious tenant of the title, and her dissolute, alcoholic husband. Defying convention, Helen leaves her husband to protect their young son from his father's influence, and earns her own living as an artist. Whilst in hiding at Wildfell Hall, she encounters Gilbert Markham, who falls in love with her. On its first publication in 1848, Anne BrontÃ«'s second novel was criticised for being 'coarse' and 'brutal'. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall challenges the social conventions of the early nineteenth century in a strong defence of women's rights in the face of psychological abuse from their husbands. Anne BrontÃ«'s style is bold, naturalistic and passionate, and this novel, which her sister Charlotte considered 'an entire mistake', has earned her a position in English Literature in her own right.
Country USA
Brand Wordsworth Editions
Manufacturer Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781853264887
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781853264887
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

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