The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Languageen
First published1997-07-01
RightsPublic domain in the USA.
Gutenberg ID#969

Description

"The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" by Anne Brontë is a novel published in 1848. A mysterious widow arrives at an isolated mansion with her young son, defying social convention by earning her living as an artist. When she becomes the target of scandal and gossip, a local farmer defends her—until he discovers shocking secrets about her past. Through diary entries, the truth emerges about a disastrous marriage and a desperate escape that violated both society's rules and the law itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Subjects

  • England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction
  • England -- Fiction
  • Domestic fiction
  • Landlord and tenant -- Fiction
  • Married women -- Fiction
  • Alcoholics -- Fiction
  • PR

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