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040			_cTBS
100			_aBrontë, Anne, 1820-1849 _922658
245			_aThe tenant of Wildfell hall _c/ Anne Brontë
250			_aUpdated ed.
260			_aHertfordshire : Wordsworth Editions, 1994.
300			_a432 p. ; 20 cm.
490			_aWordsworth classics
520			_aTenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a powerful and sometimes violent novel of expectation, love, oppression, sin, religion and betrayal. It portrays the disintegration of the marriage of Helen Huntingdon, the mysterious tenant of the title, and her dissolute, alcoholic husband. Defying convention, Helen leaves her husband to protect their young son from his father's influence, and earns her own living as an artist. Whilst in hiding at Wildfell Hall, she encounters Gilbert Markham, who falls in love with her. On its first publication in 1848, Anne Brontë's second novel was criticised for being 'coarse' and 'brutal'. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall challenges the social conventions of the early nineteenth century in a strong defence of women's rights in the face of psychological abuse from their husbands. Anne Brontë's style is bold, naturalistic and passionate, and this novel, which her sister Charlotte considered 'an entire mistake', has earned her a position in English Literature in her own right.
650		0	_aEnglish literature England History 19th century _922472
650		0	_aIndividualism vs. Society _922659
650		0	_aGender Roles _922660
655		0	_aNovels _922644
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999			_c3942 _d3942
041			_aEnglish
653			_aREADING IN ENGLISH
655			_aLiterary classics