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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is the second and final novel by the English author Anne Brontë. It was first published in 1848 under the pseudonym Acton Bell. Probably the most shocking of the Brontë's novels, it had an instant and phenomenal success, but after Anne's death her sister Charlotte prevented its re-publication in England until 1854.
The novel is framed as a series of letters from Gilbert Markham to his friend about the events connected with his meeting a mysterious young widow, calling herself Helen Graham, who arrives at Wildfell Hall, an Elizabethan mansion which has been empty for many years, with her young son and a servant. Contrary to the early 19th century norms, Helen pursues an artist's career and makes an income by selling her pictures. Mrs Graham's strict seclusion soon gives rise to gossip in the neighbouring village and she becomes a social outcast. Refusing to believe anything scandalous about her, Gilbert befriends Mrs Graham and discovers her past. In the diary she gives Gilbert, Helen chronicles her husband's physical and moral decline through alcohol and debauchery in the dissipated aristocratic society. Ultimately Helen flees with her son, whom she desperately wishes to save from his father's influence. The depiction of marital strife and women's professional identification has also a strong moral message mitigated by Anne Brontë's belief in universal salvation.
Most critics now consider
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall to be one of the first feminist novels. May Sinclair, in 1913, said that "the slamming of [Helen's] bedroom door against her husband reverberated throughout Victorian England". In leaving her husband and taking away their child, Helen violates not only social conventions but also the early 19th century English law.
Audiobook details
GenreLiterary Classics
Length16 hrs 43 mins
Narrated byZacharias Prewett
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateMay 1, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Opening Credits
29Volume II, Chapter 8
2Volume I, Prefatory Letter to J. Halford, Esq.
30Volume II, Chapter 9
3Volume I, Chapter 1
31Volume II, Chapter 10
4Volume I, Chapter 2
32Volume II, Chapter 11
5Volume I, Chapter 3
33Volume II, Chapter 12
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6Volume I, Chapter 4
34Volume II, Chapter 13
7Volume I, Chapter 5
35Volume II, Chapter 14
8Volume I, Chapter 6
36Volume II, Chapter 15
9Volume I, Chapter 7
37Volume II, Chapter 16
10Volume I, Chapter 8
38Volume II, Chapter 17
11Volume I, Chapter 9
39Volume II, Chapter 18
12Volume I, Chapter 10
40Volume III, Chapter 1
13Volume I, Chapter 11
41Volume III, Chapter 2
14Volume I, Chapter 12
42Volume III, Chapter 3
15Volume I, Chapter 13
43Volume III, Chapter 4
16Volume I, Chapter 14
44Volume III, Chapter 5
17Volume I, Chapter 15
45Volume III, Chapter 6
18Volume I, Chapter 16
46Volume III, Chapter 7
19Volume I, Chapter 17
47Volume III, Chapter 8
20Volume I, Chapter 18
48Volume III, Chapter 9
21Volume I, Chapter 19
49Volume III, Chapter 10
22Volume II, Chapter 1
50Volume III, Chapter 11
23Volume II, Chapter 2
51Volume III, Chapter 12
24Volume II, Chapter 3
52Volume III, Chapter 13
25Volume II, Chapter 4
53Volume III, Chapter 14
26Volume II, Chapter 5
54Volume III, Chapter 15
27Volume II, Chapter 6
55Volume III, Chapter 16
28Volume II, Chapter 7
56Closing Credits
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