The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
by Anne Bronte
Although written in 1848, most of the time, this novel feels like it was written recently. Sure, if written today, there would be added sex and less sophisticated language, but the basic plot of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is incredibly imaginative, suspenseful and entertaining, even for modern audiences.
A woman and her son move to a small town, and despite the community’s attempts to get to know her, she maintains an unusually high level of privacy. One man’s curiosity—and perhaps more—draws him closer to the mysterious tenant of Wildfell Hall. The first third of the novel is told from this man’s perspective, but when the titular character provides him with her diary, the readers are taken back in time to her youth. Every question the town, and the readers, held about the mysterious tenant is answered through her diary, the second third of Anne Bronte’s novel. What happened in her past, what drove her away, and what demons still haunt her at Wildfell Hall? Find out by reading this overlooked novel and gem from one of the Bronte sisters. Some Victorian novels have a reputation of being boring or obsolete; this definitely is not one of them.
A woman and her son move to a small town, and despite the community’s attempts to get to know her, she maintains an unusually high level of privacy. One man’s curiosity—and perhaps more—draws him closer to the mysterious tenant of Wildfell Hall. The first third of the novel is told from this man’s perspective, but when the titular character provides him with her diary, the readers are taken back in time to her youth. Every question the town, and the readers, held about the mysterious tenant is answered through her diary, the second third of Anne Bronte’s novel. What happened in her past, what drove her away, and what demons still haunt her at Wildfell Hall? Find out by reading this overlooked novel and gem from one of the Bronte sisters. Some Victorian novels have a reputation of being boring or obsolete; this definitely is not one of them.