The story of a rector's daughter who has to earn her living as a governess. Drawing directly from her own experiences, Anne Bronte set out to describe the immense pressures that the governess's life involved: the frustration, the isolation, and the insensitve and cruel treatment on the part of employers and their families.

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 the law and society defined a married woman as

Powerful, haunting and disturbing, Anne Brontë's classic story is as unforgettable as those of her more famous sisters. In a remote village on the Yorkshire moors, a beautiful widow and her son move into the near-derelict Wildfell Hall. Befriended by a handsome young farmer, she remains mysteriously silent about her past and why she is afraid - until she becomes the focus of malicious village gossip.

Powerful, haunting and disturbing, Anne Brontë's classic story is as unforgettable as those of her more famous sisters. Helen decides to reveal some of her life to Gilbert and gives him her diary to read. He learns about Helen's meeting, marriage and breakdown of marriage to Huntingdon. Later Gilbert sees Huntingdon's carriage come to fetch young Arthur.

Powerful, haunting and disturbing, Anne Brontë's classic story is as unforgettable as those of her more famous sisters. Huntingdon has abducted young Arthur and Helen returns to him. In spite of his dissolute behavior, she nurses him till his death. She agrees to marry faithful Gilbert Markham.