Paul Matthews reviewed The tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
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4 stars
Like Hollyoaks for the 19th century, with a healthy dose of religious piety

Anne Brontë: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (2009, Random House Publishing Group)
eBook
English language
Published Dec. 20, 2009 by Random House Publishing Group.
'Frighteningly up-to-date tale of single motherhood and wife-battering' Independent.When the mysterious and beautiful young widow Helen Graham becomes the new tenant at Wildfell Hall rumours immediately begin to swirl around her. As her neighbour Gilbert Markham comes to discover, Helen has painful secrets buried in her past that even his love for her cannot easily overcome.
'Frighteningly up-to-date tale of single motherhood and wife-battering' Independent.When the mysterious and beautiful young widow Helen Graham becomes the new tenant at Wildfell Hall rumours immediately begin to swirl around her. As her neighbour Gilbert Markham comes to discover, Helen has painful secrets buried in her past that even his love for her cannot easily overcome.
Like Hollyoaks for the 19th century, with a healthy dose of religious piety
A beautifully written, and surprisingly progressive novel.