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coragane 's review for:
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
by Anne Brontë
I'm thoroughly amazed at Anne Bronte's work in this book. Having read Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights, I thought I had read the top Bronte books, this tops it for me. Helen's character is truly amazing, written in the mid-19th century to be called the 'First Feminist novel' was extremely courageous for Anne to make. Arthur Huntingdon describes everything novelists such as Margaret Atwood want to highlight to be ridden from patriarchal power.
There was a slight drawback when Anne decided for Helen to give Markham the diary and read it from his perspective. I do believe Helen's take on her own story could've been better. However, the way Markham was a key piece in this book, where most importantly it was his story and education, so giving the diary to Gilbert was meaningful for readers to watch him piece her story together.
I genuinely believe this was fantastic, not even in the way that it was written before women's legal rights etc, but even when Ibson wrote 'A Dolls House' he definitely had Helen in his mind.
There was a slight drawback when Anne decided for Helen to give Markham the diary and read it from his perspective. I do believe Helen's take on her own story could've been better. However, the way Markham was a key piece in this book, where most importantly it was his story and education, so giving the diary to Gilbert was meaningful for readers to watch him piece her story together.
I genuinely believe this was fantastic, not even in the way that it was written before women's legal rights etc, but even when Ibson wrote 'A Dolls House' he definitely had Helen in his mind.