The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Author:Anne Bronte Anne Bronte's second novel is a passionate and courageous challenge to the conventions supposedly upheld by Victorian society and reflected in circulating-library fiction. The heroine, Helen Huntingdon, after a short period of initial happiness, leaves her dissolute husband, and must earn her own living to rescue her son from his influence.
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is compelling in its imaginative power, the realism and range of its dialogue, and its psychological insight into the characters involved in a marital battle.« less
The forward is not worth reading carefully & I would have skipped the footnotes but very much enjoyed the great story! Recommended tp any historical fiction fan.