The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is an 1848 novel by Anne Brontë that follows a mysterious, independent woman who escapes an abusive marriage and challenges Victorian norms around gender, morality, and marriage.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| addressesIssue |
custody of children
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double standards of sexual morality ⓘ legal constraints on married women ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Tenant of Wildfell Hall
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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848 novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Anne Brontë NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
alcoholism
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gender roles ⓘ marital abuse ⓘ morality ⓘ motherhood ⓘ separation and divorce ⓘ women's independence ⓘ |
| controversy | considered shocking on publication ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception |
initially mixed reviews
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later recognized as pioneering feminist work ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | three-volume novel ⓘ |
| follows | Agnes Grey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
epistolary novel
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feminist literature ⓘ novel ⓘ social novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation |
1968 BBC television series
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1996 BBC television serial ⓘ |
| hasIllustrations | yes ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Evangelical Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Arthur Huntingdon
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Arthur Huntingdon Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Gilbert Markham NERFINISHED ⓘ Helen Graham NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | framed narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeTechnique |
diary entries
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letters ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of Victorian marriage laws
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early depiction of a woman leaving an abusive marriage ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | English literary canon ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication |
London, England
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surface form:
London
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| protagonistAction |
leaves abusive husband
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supports herself through painting ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1848 ⓘ |
| publicDomainStatus | public domain ⓘ |
| publisher | T. C. Newby NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 19th century ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Haworth Parsonage