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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

by Brontë, Anne, 1820-1849

BookID: 969

Language:English

Author of introduction, etc.:Ward, Humphry, Mrs., 1851-1920

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 73.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- FictionEngland -- FictionDomestic fictionLandlord and tenant -- Fiction

Description

"The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" by Anne Brontë is a novel published in 1848. A mysterious widow arrives at an isolated mansion with her young son, defying social convention by earning her living as an artist. When she becomes the target of scandal and gossip, a local farmer defends her—until he discovers shocking secrets about her past. Through diary entries, the truth emerges about a disastrous marriage and a desperate escape that violated both society's rules and the law itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:PR: Language and Literatures: English literature

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