A review by amandadelbrocco
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

challenging emotional reflective sad slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? No
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

What is it with the Bronte family and names that start with H? I was recently rereading my review on Wuthering Heights and I had the same complaint. Everyone's last name starts with H and it makes it really difficult at times to keep the characters straight. Despite that, I really enjoyed this fiercely feminist book for the Victorian era. I liked the framework for the story (epistolary at first from Gilbert, then diary entries from Helen) though I had some questions about the realism of it since in real life it would be very odd if Helen not only wrote about her escape plans in her diary that her husband could find at any time, but also very unlikely that she would just hand her diary over to Gilbert.
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