The Tenant of Wildfell Hall - Collins Classic

Anne Brontë

HarperCollins Publishers

2012

592 páginas

19h 44m

ISBN-13: 9780007449903

I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one-half his days and mad the other.
When Helen flees from her alcoholic husband in order to protect her son she defies societal convention. Earning a living as an artist, she becomes the mysterious tenant of Wildfell Hall as she hides herself away and uses her art to support her child. However, the beautiful and reclusive young woman soon begins to stir up malicious gossip and speculation. Captivated and drawn to Helen, Gilbert Markham becomes suspicious when he begins to hear these stories, however it is only when he reads Helen's diary that he learns the full cruelty that her husband subjected her to in her previous life. Rejecting the societal norms surrounding marriage in Victorian Society, Anne Bronte's novel, said to be based on the experiences of her own brother Branwell, shocked her readers at the time and still remains a scandalous read today.

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Notas pessoais sobre a minha leitura

Essa leitura foi incrível. Começou com uma estilo de escrita muito parecido com um romance de Jane Austen e depois quando a história começa a ser contada pelos diários de Helen muda a atmosfera totalmente e ali você enxerga o romance gótico que dizem ser uma resposta a o que teria acontecido se Cathy e Heathcliff (personagens do livro de sua irmã Emily Brontë) se casassem. Foi uma experiência fantástica e a escrita da Anne é muito flúida te faz querer continuar lendo, foi bem diferente de ler Morro dos Ventos Uivantes que foi uma leitura bem difícil pra mim.