The Tenant of Wildfell Hall in Reading 1001

Jan 29, 2016 Jgrace rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: england, women-writers, feminism, judithg, play-book-tag, 1001-books-you-must-read-before-you, read-in-2011, 19th-century, brit-lit, classic-literature

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall – Anne Bronte
4stars
Audio version performed by Alex Jennings and Jenny Agutter

Published in 1848, Anne Bronte’s second and final novel continues to provide powerful food for thought. I knew this book had been called an early feminist novel, so I was fascinated to find that she began telling the story in a male voice. It begins as a letter from Mr. Gilbert Markham to his brother-in-law and later shifts to diary entries written in the voice of Helen Graham Huntington. It ...more

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Apr 08, 2024 Kristel rated it it was amazing

Shelves: 1001-books, audio, 1001-challenge, classic, 19th-century

Reason read: TBR takedown/Reading 1001, April 2024.
Finally! This book has been on my TBR forever. I enjoyed it! A tale of a young woman who marries against all advice because she believes she can change someone. This book may be old but it is still very relevant. What is old is the options that were or were not available. The dignity and "manners" that no longer exist.
It is told over a long period of time and includes the use of diaries to provide background. A book that was probably ahead of ...more

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Feb 17, 2012 Janet rated it it was amazing

Anne Bronte's book is a story of domestic abuse, alcholism, immoral habits, and feminine determination, told in a realistic, rather than romantic style. It reveals the position and predicament of women at that time as ones who had no independent legal existence. This is my first Anne Bronte read and I enjoyed it much more than works of Charlotte and Emily. Simply wonderful. ...more

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Sep 22, 2017 Kelly_Hunsaker_reads ... rated it liked it

Shelves: classics, vic-lit, 1001-books

Up until this year I have failed to read any books by the Bronte sisters, and when I picked up Wuthering Heights I was blown away by the complex, intricate and beautiful story. It was not a romance novel, but so much more. It was a book that I loved and I was anxious to read more by the sisters. This one is my second Bronte read and unfortunately it did not enchant me.

I finished it a couple weeks ago, and if I had reviewed it immediately I would have given it four stars. But, I have found that m ...more

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Jun 02, 2018 Kai Coates rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: s18-roundtable-challenge

My enjoyment peaked early and steadily declined throughout the rest of the book. Helen's righteous indignation (despite the fact that it is entirely appropriate) wears thin and (view spoiler) I do enjoy that Anne is realist of the family and that her works reflect on the constrained existence of women. The themes if not the particulars must have deeply struck home for ...more

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