The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

by Anne Bronte · 1848

A mysterious young widow, Helen Graham, takes refuge at Wildfell Hall, and her secret diary reveals her flight from a dissolute, abusive husband.

Books mentioned in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (3)

• Marmion by Walter Scott: “I tore off the cover, and disclosed an elegant and portable edition of ‘Marmion.’”
• Macbeth by William Shakespeare: “‘One night, however, during one of our orgies—one of our high festivals, I mean—he glided in, like the ghost in “Macbeth,” and seated himself, as usual, a little back from the table, in the chair we always placed for “the spectre,” whether it chose to fill it or not.”
• Consolations in Travels; or, The Last Days of a Philosopher by Humphry Davy: “It was Sir Humphry Davy’s “Last Days of a Philosopher,” and on the first leaf was written, “Frederick Lawrence.””

Books that mention The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1)

• How to Be a Heroine by Samantha Ellis: “Men who write in books by women are usually villains, and Mr Mybug is worse than most because he’s (again!) trying to prove that Branwell wrote all his sisters’ books (even The Tenant of Wildfell Hall).”