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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Anne Brontë

Start date: March 4, 2022

Finish date: April 4, 2022

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Nov 05, 2020 Emma rated it really liked it

Shelves: british-hf, historical-fiction, victorian-hf, classics, historical-romance

A remarkable book way ahead of its time. With the exception of Jane Eyre, this is now a favourite Bronte novel , (of the few I have read!)

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Jan 31, 2021 SandyL rated it liked it

Shelves: genre-romance, setting-england, z-audiobook, a-overdrive, genre-historical, 500-over-pgs, genre-classic

First off, I read this book for a challenge. I'm not much for classic literature and this book reinforced that for me (I was thinking I should try to read Pride and Prejudice again - I've never been able to get into it, but that's now going to be for another day some long time in the future.) I listened to the audio version and it was 16 hours I'll never get back. Well, I guess it wasn't quite that bad, but I was bored for a good part of it. Maybe the style of writing - it's letters and diary en ...more

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Sep 11, 2023 Keli rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: enjoyed-quite-a-bit, oooh-that-is-a-good-character, now-i-know-what-the-hype-was-about, gothic-sadness

These Bronte sisters could write. I am so happy I was born now. Honor and obey my ass

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Sep 19, 2024 Heli rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: klassikko, literary-fiction, romantiikka, e-kirja

This book started really slowly. I was about to give up but then Helen's story started and the story got so much better. It was just so much more interesting than Gilbert's story. I did not like Gilbert at all anyway, he was so immature and moody. Helen matured a lot during the story, and in the end she had become an interesting and complex character. An interesting and enjoyable read. ...more

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Sep 18, 2016 Linda rated it really liked it

I've never finished a classic as quickly as I did this one. At times it seemed a little slow, but it didn't take long to start appreciating the details. ...more

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