Books by Anne Bronte
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
by Anne Bronte
Anne Bronte's second and final novel centres around the mysterious figure of Helen Huntingdon, a woman who has fled an unhappy marriage where she has been the victim of abuse at the hands of an alcoholic husband. The opening section is told in form, by way of letters written by a man who has fallen in love with Helen; she later gives him her journal, an account of her traumatic experiences, as an explanation for why she refuses his advances. The book was controversial on first publication, and is considered an early feminist classic.
Interviews where books by Anne Bronte were recommended
Epistolary Novels
Epistolary novels are told through the form of written correspondence between characters, or sometimes by way of diary entries or fictional documents. Though there were earlier examples, the epistolary novel took off as a form in the 18th century and remains very popular for its immediacy and sense of realism. We've put together a selection of epistolary novels—notable for their literary significance or their evergreen popularity—many of which have previously been recommended by our expert interviewees.
