Miserable, Not Romantic: The Happy Ever After of Marrying a Scoundrel Explored in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

imageThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë is a book about what happens if you actually marry Mr Rochester or Mr Willoughby. Helen marries a careless but charismatic man and finds that her influence quickly wanes after their marriage. Anne’s rendering of his deterioration (both moral and physical) is painfully based on her experiences with her brother Branwell. Powerful in its working through of difficult themes; bearable because Helen holds firm to her faith in God. Anne is my favourite Brontë!!!

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