
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
by Anne Brontë
- First published
- 1848
- Reading level
- Plain English
- Price
- Free
About the book
"The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" by Anne Brontë is a novel published in 1848. A mysterious widow arrives at an isolated mansion with her young son, defying social convention by earning her living as an artist. When she becomes the target of scandal and gossip, a local farmer defends her—until he discovers shocking secrets about her past. Through diary entries, the truth emerges about a disastrous marriage and a desperate escape that violated both society's rules and the law itself.
- England
- Domestic fiction
- Landlord and tenant
- Married women
- Alcoholics
Updated September 2026. Public domain in the USA. Text and summary from Project Gutenberg eBook #969. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall on Wikipedia.

