The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
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| Rating | : | 4.45 (729 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1548677884 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 456 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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An interesting slice of history Leo Joyce I appreciate the novelty this book must have been well more than a century ago when it was first published. To submit to the public that marriage can be a prison for some, and that divorce is a merciful option in such cases was probably shocking yet eye opening to many Victorian readers. . Anne as good as her sisters I have always loved the novels of Charlotte (Jane Eyre, Villette) and Emily (Wurthering Heights) Bronté and knew nothing about the youngest sister Anne. Thus it was a surprise and a joy to read Tenant of Wildfell Hall. More so than in her sisters' novels, Anne's heroine is strong a. This is one of the best books I have read for a long time douglas milne This is one of the best books I have read for a long time,quite contrary to some of the negative remarks I encountered beforehand. I would rate it above sister Charlotte's "Jane Eyre" and certainly above Emily's "Wuthering Heights". It takes us back to the days when people celebrated roma
She continued to write in her spare time, as she and her two sisters Charlotte and Emily had done since childhood. Her first novel, Agnes Grey, was published within a month of Charlotte's novel Jane Eyre and was bound in three volumes with Emily's novel Wuthering Heights. Anne Brontë was the youngest of the prolific Brontë family. . She published under the pen name Acton Bell. Desiring not to be a financial hardship for her father, Anne sought independence a
By challenging the prevailing morals of the time the novel caused a critic to pronounce it ''utterly unfit to be put into the hands of girls''. The story of a woman who leaves her abusive, dissolute husband, and who must then support herself and her young son. It is considered to be one of the first feminist novels.
Frederick Davidson and Nadia May take the roles of the storytellers, and they do an excellent job of portraying both the male and female voices.The choice to use both male and female narrators was a good one, enlivening the story and underlining the differences between the sexes in Victorian England. --AudioFile