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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Anne Bront^de
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Description for The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Paperback. A passionate tale of betrayal, this story of a man's alcoholic decline, marital breakdown and its effect on children, and the position of women in Victorian society is told with shocking vividness and power. This new edition combines an authoritative text with wide-ranging critical discussion. Editor(s): Rosengarten, Herbert. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 127 x 27. Weight in Grams: 340.
'he looked up wistfully in my face, and gravely asked - "Mamma, why are you so wicked?"' The mysterious new tenant of Wildfell Hall has a dark secret. But as the captivated Gilbert Markham will discover, it is not the story circulating among local gossips. Living under an assumed name, 'Helen Graham' is the estranged wife of a dissolute rake, desperate to protect her son from his destructive influence. Her diary entries reveal the shocking world of debauchery and cruelty from which she has fled. Combining a sensational story of a man's physical and moral decline through alcohol, a ... Read more
'he looked up wistfully in my face, and gravely asked - "Mamma, why are you so wicked?"' The mysterious new tenant of Wildfell Hall has a dark secret. But as the captivated Gilbert Markham will discover, it is not the story circulating among local gossips. Living under an assumed name, 'Helen Graham' is the estranged wife of a dissolute rake, desperate to protect her son from his destructive influence. Her diary entries reveal the shocking world of debauchery and cruelty from which she has fled. Combining a sensational story of a man's physical and moral decline through alcohol, a ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Series
Oxford World's Classics
Condition
New
Weight
341g
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199207558
SKU
V9780199207558
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About Anne Bront^de
Josephine McDonagh is the author of De Quincey's Disciplines (Clarendon Press, 1994) and Child Murder and British Culture, 1720-1900 (CUP, 2003).
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