Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Alma Classics Evergreen

Gilbert Markham is fascinated by Helen Graham, the beautiful and enigmatic woman who has recently moved into Wildfell Hall. He is swift to befriend her and steadfastly refutes the local gossip calling her character and behaviour into question, yet he soon has cause to regret his infatuation, and grave doubts and misgivings begin to arise in his mind. It is only when Helen presents Gilbert with her diary and instructs him to read it that the shocking truth about her past life becomes clear.

The first edition of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall was so successful that it sold out in weeks, yet the novel was mired in controversy for its fierce defence of women's rights and what many contemporary critics viewed as its shocking and immoral subject matter.

About the author

Anne Brontë (1820-1849), the youngest of the Brontë sisters, wrote two successful novels, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall and Agnes Grey. Like her siblings Emily and Branwell, her life was tragically cut short by tuberculosis.

Summary

Part of Alma Classics Evergreens series, this edition of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte ncludes an extensive section on Anne Bronte's life and works.

Product details

• Authors: Anne Bronte, Anne Brontë
• Publisher: Alma Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.07.2018
• EAN: 9781847497277
• ISBN: 978-1-84749-727-7
• No. of pages: 448
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 200 mm x 28 mm
• Series: Alma Classics; Alma Classics Evergreens; Alma Classics; Evergreens; Alma Classics Evergreens
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Klassische Lyrik, Lyrik bis 1900, Englische Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung, Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung