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The mysterious new tenant of Wildfell Hall is a strong-minded woman who keeps her own counsel. Helen 'Graham' - exiled with her child to the desolate moorland mansion, adopting an assumed name and earning her living as a painter - has returned to Wildfell Hall in flight from a disastrous marriage. Narrated by her neighbour Gilbert Markham, and in the pages of her own diary, the novel portrays Helen's eloquent struggle for independence at a time when...
2) Agnes Grey
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English
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The author's biographical novel reflects the reality of life as a governess in nineteenth century England. Although a stranger in the home of her sometimes difficult employer, she lives her life with grace, tolerance, and compassion.
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Series
Everyman's library volume 343
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
New ed.
Physical Desc
xxix, 710 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Agnes Grey, the story of a governess working for disdainful and cruel employers, is a wrenching account of the desperate straits faced by Victorian women without money or husband. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall tells a story that was shocking for its time: a woman leaves her alcoholic and abusive husband in order to protect their young son and must live in hiding to prevent the law from taking her child away from her.
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