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Anne Brontë - Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Wordsworth Classics) - 9781853264887 - V9781853264887
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Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Wordsworth Classics)

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Description for Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Wordsworth Classics) Paperback. A sometimes violent and brutal tale of love and betrayal, separation and reconciliation, set in the familiar Bronte landscape of bleak houses in moorland settings. Series Editor(s): Carabine, Dr. Keith. Series: Wordsworth Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 278.

With an Introduction and Notes by Peter Merchant, Canterbury Christchurch University College

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a powerful and sometimes violent novel of expectation, love, oppression, sin, religion and betrayal. It portrays the disintegration of the marriage of Helen Huntingdon, the mysterious ‘tenant’ of the title, and her dissolute, alcoholic husband. Defying convention, Helen leaves her husband to protect their young son from his father’s influence, and earns her own living as an artist. Whilst in hiding at Wildfell Hall, she encounters Gilbert Markham, who falls in love with her.

On its first publication in 1848, Anne Brontë’s ... Read more

Anne Brontë’s style is bold, naturalistic and passionate, and this novel, which her sister Charlotte considered ‘an entire mistake’, has earned Anne a position in English literature in her own right, not just as the youngest member of the Brontë family.

This newly reset text is taken from a copy of the 1848 second edition in the Library of the Brontë Parsonage Museum and has been edited to correct known errors in that edition.

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Product Details

Publisher
Wordsworth Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Series
Wordsworth Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Herts, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781853264887
SKU
V9781853264887
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-27

About Anne Brontë
With an Introduction and Notes by Peter Merchant, Christchurch University College.

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