The Tenant of Wildfell HallThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall is one of few nineteenth-century novels to address alcoholism, psychological abuse, violence and the inequality of women's property rights. In a powerful psychological narrative, Anne Bronte tells the strange tale of the disintegration of the marriage of Helen Graham, the mysterious tenant of Wildfell Hall. When it was first published in 1848, Anne Bronte's second novel was attacked by the Spectator for its 'morbid love of the coarse, if not the brutal'. In her defence, Anne stated that she 'wished to tell the truth, for truth always conveys its own moral to those who are able to receive it'. Anne's own sister Charlotte considered the novel 'an entire mistake', and after Anne's death in 1849 she suppressed any further editions, wishing to protect her reputation from accusations of immorality. Anne Bronte challenges the reader, proving that she is a novelist in her own right and not just of interest as the youngest sister of the better known authors Charlotte and Emily.With an Afterword by Kathryn White. |
Contents
Chapter 1 | 5 |
Chapter 2 | 18 |
Chapter 3 | 25 |
Chapter 4 | 36 |
Chapter 5 | 47 |
Chapter 6 | 53 |
Chapter 7 | 63 |
Chapter 8 | 78 |
Chapter 30 | 299 |
Chapter 31 | 316 |
Chapter 32 | 335 |
Chapter 33 | 352 |
Chapter 34 | 369 |
Chapter 35 | 376 |
Chapter 36 | 384 |
Chapter 37 | 390 |
Chapter 9 | 84 |
Chapter 10 | 100 |
Chapter 11 | 106 |
Chapter 12 | 112 |
Chapter is | 125 |
Chapter 14 | 131 |
Chapter 15 | 140 |
Chapter 16 | 150 |
Chapter 17 | 166 |
Chapter 18 | 177 |
Chapter 19 | 193 |
Chapter 20 | 201 |
Chapter 21 | 211 |
Chapter 22 | 217 |
Chapter 23 | 237 |
Chapter 24 | 244 |
Chapter 25 | 255 |
Chapter 26 | 269 |
Chapter 27 | 274 |
Chapter 28 | 282 |
Chapter 29 | 287 |
Chapter 38 | 404 |
Chapter 39 | 418 |
Chapter 40 | 436 |
Chapter 41 | 441 |
Chapter 42 | 451 |
Chapter 43 | 457 |
Chapter 44 | 466 |
Chapter 45 | 476 |
Chapter 46 | 495 |
Chapter 47 | 505 |
Chapter 48 | 522 |
Chapter 49 | 529 |
Chapter 50 | 542 |
Chapter 51 | 555 |
Chapter 52 | 566 |
Chapter 53 | 576 |
Afterword | 595 |
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Biography | 604 |
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