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tchallis35 's review for:
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
by Anne Brontë
4.5 stars
Men don’t come off too well in Anne Brontë’s Tenant of Wildfell Hall. But this book is actually a very interesting, good read. It does not inspire the same excitement in me as Jane Eyre (by her sister Charlotte) nor the same disgust as Wuthering Heights (by her sister Emily), but it has a wonderful feminist stance that I really appreciated. Helen, who did not listen to the wisdom of her aunt, married a horrible excuse for a man. He is controlling, selfish, demanding, unfaithful, a drunkard, an opium addict, and a manipulative piece of crap who tries to turn his son against his own mother. But what was a woman of that time to do? Helen was a little too pious for me, but she was strong and resilient- and I like that.
I looked forward to reading this everyday. I am glad I finally read the third Brontë!
Men don’t come off too well in Anne Brontë’s Tenant of Wildfell Hall. But this book is actually a very interesting, good read. It does not inspire the same excitement in me as Jane Eyre (by her sister Charlotte) nor the same disgust as Wuthering Heights (by her sister Emily), but it has a wonderful feminist stance that I really appreciated. Helen, who did not listen to the wisdom of her aunt, married a horrible excuse for a man. He is controlling, selfish, demanding, unfaithful, a drunkard, an opium addict, and a manipulative piece of crap who tries to turn his son against his own mother. But what was a woman of that time to do? Helen was a little too pious for me, but she was strong and resilient- and I like that.
I looked forward to reading this everyday. I am glad I finally read the third Brontë!