The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Anne Bronte

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.‘I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one-half his days and mad the other.’When Helen flees from her alcoholic husband in order to protect her son she defies societal convention. Earning a living as an artist, she becomes the mysterious tenant of Wildfell Hall as she hides herself away and uses her art to support her child. However, the beautiful and reclusive young woman soon begins to stir up malicious gossip and speculation. Captivated and drawn to Helen, Gilbert Markham becomes suspicious when he begins to hear these stories, however it is only when he reads Helen’s diary that he learns the full cruelty that her husband subjected her to in her previous life.Rejecting the societal norms surrounding marriage in Victorian Society, Anne Brontë’s novel, said to be based on the experiences of her own brother Branwell, shocked her readers at the time and still remains a scandalous read today.

THE TENANT

OF WILDFELL

HALL

Anne Brontë

DEDICATION (#u0057164f-9c8e-505b-8e74-92086cdf7854)

To J. Halford, Esq.

CONTENTS

Cover (#u6bf4d695-1f49-5e45-922a-df9db96b012b)

Title Page (#u298ad327-63a8-574c-901b-1a017b71f6a3)

Dedication

Author’s Preface to the Second Edition

Volume I

CHAPTER 1: A Discovery

CHAPTER 2: An Interview

CHAPTER 3: A Controversy

CHAPTER 4: The Party

CHAPTER 5: The Studio

CHAPTER 6: Progression

CHAPTER 7: The Excursion

CHAPTER 8: The Present

CHAPTER 9: A Snake in the Grass

CHAPTER 10: A Contract and a Quarrel

CHAPTER 11: The Vicar Again

CHAPTER 12: A Tête-à-Tête and a Discovery

CHAPTER 13: A Return to Duty

CHAPTER 14: An Assault

CHAPTER 15: An Encounter and its Consequences

CHAPTER 16: The Warnings of Experience

CHAPTER 17: Further Warnings

CHAPTER 18: The Miniature

CHAPTER 19: An Incident

Volume II

CHAPTER 20: Persistence

CHAPTER 21: Opinions

CHAPTER 22: Traits of Friendship

CHAPTER 23: First Weeks of Matrimony

CHAPTER 24: First Quarrel

CHAPTER 25: First Absence

CHAPTER 26: The Guests

CHAPTER 27: A Misdemeanour

CHAPTER 28: Parental Feelings

CHAPTER 29: The Neighbour

CHAPTER 30: Domestic Scenes

CHAPTER 31: Social Virtues

CHAPTER 32: Comparisons: Information Rejected

CHAPTER 33: Two Evenings

CHAPTER 34: Concealment

CHAPTER 35: Provocations