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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