About this title: Anne Brontė's 1848 diary-novel is about a woman trying to free herself from a drunken husband and assert her independence in a male-dominated world. Anne Brontė is not as well known as her sisters Charlotte and Emily, but her attempts to grapple with real problems of real women were ahead of their time, and make her work both readable and timely.
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Description: Fair. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Type: Ex Library Ex Library-Library pockets and markings-book review taped inside-Binding tight-pages clean-cover a bit worn. read more
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780192829894ISBN:0192829890
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Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. 0679602798 Former library item may have library binding and show stamps, stickers or other marks. Items not meeting quality expectations may be returned. Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Lancer Books, New York
Date Published: 1966
Description: Good. No Jacket as Issued. Wear and tanning to the covers. Price blacked out on the top of the front cover. Pages toned with age. Otherwise a clean copy. read more
Description: Fair. 0754053008 Ex-Library **Cassette Tape Version**-Exact UPC match. Includes Library re-Case (clamshell), and artwork, and has been previously SERIOUSLY Used. Has library Markings on both the case and the cassettes as you would expect. Tapes all are functioning and it plays well, though case may have shelf wear and rubbing. -Ships Quickly! All our items are IN STOCK. read more
"Overall, I would say this is a very good book--almost, but not quite, a great one. It has some really good moments, but it also has some faults of organization and internal integrity that I found distracting. The use of diary entries and letters to tell the story, which I normally like, doesn't really work here. I liked hearing the story from two first person viewpoints, and I acknowledge that this was much the easiest way to tell it that way. However, it required Markham to copy long passages of Mrs. Graham's diary into letters to a third person, and I couldn't help but be bothered by the breach of privacy that implied. In addition, it disappointed me by having a very typical Victorian ending, whose sentimentality and contrivances were particularly jarring in contrast to the rest of the novel. However, perhaps partly because I've learned to disregard the last three chapters of any Victorian novel, I found that the book's faults didn't bother me nearly as much as I would have expected."
By Bethany,
Nottinghamshire, H3, The United Kingdom
"I can't believe that this book isn't more wildly read, I mean Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre and Pride and Prejudice are usually mentioned when discussing classic works of fiction by women- yet this is widely ignored. I honestly didn't know of this books existence before I went to the library and saw it on the shelf. I didn't know Anne had written anything other poems. Anne is often in Emily and Charlottes shadow but this piece of work is truly inspiring - perhaps more so at the time. A women left her disgraceful husband and survived purely on her own strength, talent and tenacity. This was as far as I know, unheard of in the time when this was written (I apologise- I am very ignorant about dates) and so for this I admire Anne Bronte for her persevering with this tale even in the face of public outcry. She makes the decision not to be naive to the realities of marriages at the time, so records it in fiction and for this she is truly inspiring. Anne desereves a lot more credit than she gets. Anyway, I highly recommend this book, it is full of love, strength and courage and if that isn't enough well, just read some of the other glowing reports on Goodreads."
"The Tenant of Wildfell Hall was a very intriguing read. It was very dark, which is not surprising (abusive marriage), making it an exceptional English classic, simply because it is not a a touching love story like the rest.
It explores in-depth issues such as drinking, divorce (especially how wives are unable without the consent of the husband), cheating, gambling, laudanum, abuse, gossip, faith in God, and questions duties of marriage.
The majority of the novel is written diary style- which is always a good read, but mystifies me about the memory of the writer... how do they get such exact quotes?
I also don't entirely connect with the main character; she is constantly complaining and yet only asks God to help her (did she ever hear of "God helps those who help themselves???")
Although in the beginning there is a different character (the book switches perspectives a couple times), who was actually a male, which I found very curious simply because none of the Old English *female* writers I've read never used multiple perspectives, not to mention using a male character (Gilbert).
It was a very good read overall, though I must admit that I prefer the works of her sisters, probably because of my ill connection to Helen ... I might note that all of the sisters actually covered very dark topics, perhaps not as many as Anne, and I wouldn't be surprised if they were the same person. :)
This is very *long* and I blame the Bronte sisters inspiring me to write too much. :D"
"This was a superb novel! It had a gripping plot that grabbed me from the first page and didn't let up until the last page. I liked the narrative style of the novel too. Anne Bronte uses the perspectives of her two primary protagonists, Mr. Gilbert Markham, and our heroine, Mrs. Helen Graham, extraordinarily effectively.
This novel certainly addresses some very profound issues that women of all ages have faced in marriages. I truly believe that while this novel has some very dark, almost gothic, undertones; Anne Bronte has, in my opinion, written a novel that puts forth a powerful moral message and empowers women to make the decisions that are best for themselves and their children. Anne also has her heroine taking up her brush and canvas in order to make money to support herself and her son - a thoroughly shocking notion for a woman of gentility to embark upon. Toward that end, I think that this book is an excellent example of early-Victorian proto-feminist writing. To me The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is as captivating a novel as Charlotte's Jane Eyre or Villette. A book for all times, and one that I will read again and again."
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