The tenant of Wildfell Hall / Anne Brontë ; edited by Herbert Rosengarten, with an introduction by Margaret Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brontë, Anne, 1820-1849.

Contributor:

Rosengarten, Herbert.

Series:

Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

Oxford world's classics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Landlord and tenant--England--Fiction.

Landlord and tenant.

Married women--England--Fiction.

Married women.

Alcoholism--England--Fiction.

Alcoholism.

England--Social life and customs--19th century--Fiction.

England.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (780 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998, c1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Anne Bront--euml--;'s second novel seemed to many contemporary readers shockingly unlike her first Agnes Grey, published in the previous year. There, Charlotte Bront--euml--; had admired her sister's `quiet description and simple pathos', but she was disturbed by The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, which reminded reviewers of Wuthering Heights: it was, in spite of its `excellent moral', `coarse, not to say brutal'. For Anne's heroine, Helen Huntingdon, having enduredtoo many of the `revolting scenes' deplored by reviewers, leaves her dissolute husband in order to earn her own living and rescue her so

Contents:

Cover; Copyright Page; Title Page; Contents; Abbreviations Used in this Edition; Introduction; Note on the Text; Select Bibliography; A Chronology of Anne Brontë; PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION; To J. Halford, Esq.; I. A Discovery; II. An Interview; III. A Controversy; IV. The Party; V. The Studio; VI. PROGRESSION; VII. The Excursion; VIII. The Present; IX. A Snake in the Grass; X. A Contract and a Quarrel; XI. The Vicar Again; XII. A Tête-à-tête and a Discovery; XIII. A Return to Duty; XIV. An Assault; XV. An Encounter and its Consequences; XVI. The Warnings of Experience

XVII. Further WarningsXVIII. The Miniature; XIX. An Incident; XX. Persistence; XXI. Opinions; XXII. Traits of Friendship; XXIII. First Weeks of Matrimony; XXIV. First Quarrel; XXV. First Absence; XXVI. The Guests; XXVII. A Misdemeanour; XXVIII. Parental Feelings; XXIX. The Neighbour; XXX. Domestic Scenes; XXXI. Social Virtues; XXXII. COMPARISONS: INFORMATION REJECTED; XXXIII. Two Evenings; XXXIV. Concealment; XXXV. Provocations; XXXVI. Dual Solitude; XXXVII. The Neighbour Again; XXXVIII. The Injured Man; XXXIX. A Scheme of Escape; XL. A Misadventure

XLI. 'Hope Springs Eternal in the Human Breast'XLII. A Reformation; XLIII. The Boundary Past; XLIV. The Retreat; XLV. Reconciliation; XLVI. Friendly Counsels; XLVII. Startling Intelligence; XLVIII. Further Intelligence; XLIX. 'The Rain Descended'; L. Doubts and Disappointments; LI. An Unexpected Occurrence; LII. Fluctuations; LIII. Conclusion; Explanatory Notes; Footnotes

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ISBN:

0-19-150029-1

1-281-34652-7

0-19-151774-7

OCLC:

823719882