The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Chiltern Classic) - Hardcover

Bronte, Anne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1912714930 ISBN 13: 9781912714933

Publisher: Chiltern Publishing, 2021

Synopsis

Part of the Chiltern Classics range

When Helen Graham takes the tenancy of Wildfell Hall, she incites passion and rumour among the local community. Helen’s secrets are slowly revealed; the flight from a brutish, dissolute husband, and determination that her son should not follow his example. Regarded as a milestone of feminist literature, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall challenged Victorian standards when it was published in 1848.


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About the Author

Anne Bronte was the daughter of Patrick Bronte, a poor Irish clergyman in the Church of England. Anne lived most of her life with her family at the parish of Haworth on the Yorkshire moors. Otherwise she attended a boarding school in Mirfield between 1836 and 1837, and between 1839 and 1845 lived elsewhere working as a governess. In 1846 she published a book of poems with her sisters and later two novels, initially under the pen name Acton Bell. Her first novel, Agnes Grey, was published in 1847 with Wuthering Heights. Her second novel, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, was published in 1848 and is thought to be one of the first sustained feminist novels. Anne died at 29, probably of pulmonary tuberculosis. After Anne's death, her sister Charlotte edited Agnes Grey to fix issues with its first edition, but prevented republication of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. This is one reason why Anne is not as well known as her sisters. Nonetheless both of Anne's novels are considered classics of English literature today.

Edition details

• Publisher: Chiltern Publishing
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1912714930
• ISBN 13: 9781912714933
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 528