The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a novel by Anne Brontë, published in 1848. The story follows the life of Helen Graham, a young widow who leaves her husband and returns to her childhood home at Wildfell Hall with her son. The novel explores themes of gender roles, social class, and personal identity as Helen navigates her new life as a single mother in Victorian society.

By Anne Brontë · First published 1848 · Genre: Romance, Drama, Epistolary · 53 chapters · 201,755 words

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You must go back with me to the autumn of 1827.

My father, as you know, was a sort of gentleman farmer in -- -- shire; and I, by his express desire, succeeded him in the same quiet occupation, not very willingly, for ambition urged me to higher aims, and self-conceit assured me that, in disregarding its voice, I was burying my talent in the earth, and hiding my light under a bushel. My mother had done her utmost to persuade me that I was capable of great achievements; but my father, who thought ambition was the surest road to ruin, and change but another word for destruction, would listen to no scheme for bettering either my own condition, or that of my fellow mortals.

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Victorian · feminism · marriage · society · gender roles · alcoholism · independence · morality · class · family · love · betrayal

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