Reviews - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Anne Brontë, Anne Brontë

4.07 AVERAGE

francescacm's review against another edition

5.0

emotional inspiring mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Sorprendente l'abilità con cui la più piccola delle sorelle Brontë dipinge il rapporto della protagonista con quello che oggi si definirebbe un narcisista maligno patologico e che nella visuale ottocentesca vittoriana era ancora considerato semplicemente un "libertino". Il romanzo interseca la forma epistolare con quella diaristica e il gioco ad incastro riesce ad essere avvincente fino alla fine. Anne Brontë dimostra di non essere da meno rispetto a Charlotte ed Emily e conferma il rimpianto per ciò che la simbiosi, unica ed irripetibile, dei loro splendidi talenti avrebbe potuto regalarci se le loro vite non fossero state così brevi.
Ho alternato l'ebook con l'ascolto in audiolibro, che è letto splendidamente dalla bravissima Tamara Fagnocchi.

charlma's review against another edition

3.25

dark mysterious reflective slow-paced

Content Warnings

katiejlumsden's review against another edition

5.0

This book is incredible. Such a brilliant beautiful and impressive examination of marriage, gender and social status in the 19th century. A wonderful, wonderful novel.

meaghancloherty's review against another edition

5.0

WOW.

calypsomarie's review against another edition

5.0

This book surprised me. I thought I hated Gilbert Markham, and his weird letter, and when I saw that the middle of the book was going to switch to Helen's diary, I was thrilled; but Helen was kind of boring! I know this must have been a revolutionary book; I know Anne Brontë is a very skilled writer; but Helen is so pious, and so good, and her standing up for herself against the worst man possible probably has less of an impact in 2024 than it did in 1848. When the book switched back to Gilbert and his weird thoughts, I was actually happy.

I didn't particularly like Helen or Gilbert, or even Huntingdon the villain, which is probably why I was not in love with this novel, even though it was pretty good. I loved Jane Eyre and her uncharitable thoughts and extreme passions; I liked Oblonsky, the fun-loving villain of Anna Karenina; and like every human, I swooned at Darcy and Elizabeth finally realizing they were in love. So, this book is important, and good, and if you've read Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre, you may as well give it a go, but it wasn't my favourite.

martine1965's review against another edition

4.0

Slow start, but once you get to about page 100 or so the story picks up. The characters finally have conversations amongst each other (in the beginning it's long and there isn't much dialogue, it's mostly the narrator Gilbert talking about things that have happened).