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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
26Volume II, Chapter 5
2Volume I, Prefatory Letter to J. Halford, Esq.
27Volume II, Chapter 6
3Volume I, Chapter 1
28Volume II, Chapter 7
4Volume I, Chapter 2
29Volume II, Chapter 8
5Volume I, Chapter 3
30Volume II, Chapter 9
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6Volume I, Chapter 4
31Volume II, Chapter 10
7Volume I, Chapter 5
32Volume II, Chapter 11
8Volume I, Chapter 6
33Volume II, Chapter 12
9Volume I, Chapter 7
34Volume II, Chapter 13
10Volume I, Chapter 8
35Volume II, Chapter 14
11Volume I, Chapter 9
36Volume II, Chapter 15
12Volume I, Chapter 10
37Volume II, Chapter 16
13Volume I, Chapter 11
38Volume II, Chapter 17
14Volume I, Chapter 12
39Volume II, Chapter 18
15Volume I, Chapter 13
40Volume III, Chapter 1
16Volume I, Chapter 14
41Volume III, Chapter 2
17Volume I, Chapter 15
42Volume III, Chapter 3
18Volume I, Chapter 16
43Volume III, Chapter 4
19Volume I, Chapter 17
44Volume III, Chapter 5
20Volume I, Chapter 18
45Volume III, Chapter 6
21Volume I, Chapter 19
46Volume III, Chapter 7
22Volume II, Chapter 1
47Volume III, Chapter 8
23Volume II, Chapter 2
48Volume III, Chapter 9
24Volume II, Chapter 3
49Volume III, Chapter 10
25Volume II, Chapter 4
50Volume III, Chapter 11
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