The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is an 1848 novel by Anne Brontë that follows a mysterious, independent woman who escapes an abusive marriage and challenges Victorian norms around gender, morality, and marriage.

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instanceOf novel
addressesIssue custody of children
double standards of sexual morality
legal constraints on married women
alsoKnownAs Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848 novel)
author Anne Brontë
centralTheme alcoholism
gender roles
marital abuse
morality
motherhood
separation and divorce
women's independence
controversy considered shocking on publication
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalReception initially mixed reviews
later recognized as pioneering feminist work
firstEditionFormat three-volume novel
follows Agnes Grey
genre epistolary novel
feminist literature
novel
social novel
hasAdaptation 1968 BBC television series
1996 BBC television serial
hasIllustrations yes
influencedBy Evangelical Christianity
linked to: Evangelicalism
literaryPeriod Victorian literature
mainCharacter Arthur Huntingdon
Arthur Huntingdon Jr.
linked to: Arthur Huntingdon

Gilbert Markham
Helen Graham
mediaType print
narrativeForm framed narrative
narrativeTechnique diary entries
letters
notableFor critique of Victorian marriage laws
early depiction of a woman leaving an abusive marriage
originalLanguage English
partOf English literary canon
placeOfPublication London
linked to: London, England
protagonistAction leaves abusive husband
supports herself through painting
publicationDate 1848
publicDomainStatus public domain
publisher T. C. Newby
settingCountry England
settingPeriod early 19th century

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