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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

The new tenant of the half-ruined hall pays her rent with paintings signed in a false name and answers no questions. What drove her there fills her diary: a marriage made young, against every warning, to the most charming man in the county. Anne Brontë's second novel was too blunt about drink and a wife's legal cage for 1848; her sister kept it out of print after she died. You live the diary as Helen, from the first waltz to the locked door.

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Chapters

1. October Wind at WildfellWildfell Hall
2. November Rain at WildfellWildfell Parlour
3. Winter Tea at Linden-CarLinden-Car Parlour
4. June 1847 at StaningleyStaningley, June 1847
5. Cold Light in the StudioWildfell Studio
6. Four Months of Open PathsMoorland Brook
7. Spring at the Sea CliffsSea Cliffs
8. After the ExcursionWildfell Studio
9. Summer at Linden-CarLinden-Car Garden
10. A Week of Altered WalksWildfell Garden
11. An Evening at WildfellWildfell Parlour
12. After Gilbert LeavesWildfell Garden
13. Rain Above the Lower FarmsMoorland Fields
14. The Ryecote Road AccountWildfell Hall
15. The Reapers Below WildfellWildfell Parlour
16. June the First at StaningleyStaningley
17. London LodgingsLondon Lodgings
18. A Dinner at Mr Wilmot'sMr Wilmot's House
19. August and September at StaningleyStaningley Library
20. September Twenty-SecondStaningley Library
21. September Twenty-FourthStaningley Grounds
22. October First at StaningleyStaningley Drawing Room
23. October Fifth on the Bridle RoadStaningley Bridle Road
24. February at GrassdaleGrassdale Manor
25. March Rain at GrassdaleGrassdale Manor
26. The London MonthGrassdale Manor
27. September Guests at GrassdaleGrassdale Manor
28. October Fourth at GrassdaleGrassdale Manor
29. Christmas EntriesGrassdale Manor
30. Summer Beside the WaterGrassdale Park
31. The Drawing Room at GrassdaleGrassdale Manor
32. March Twentieth, 1824Grassdale Manor
33. October Fifth at GrassdaleGrassdale Manor
34. October Seventh at GrassdaleGrassdale Manor
35. The Morning-Room at GrassdaleGrassdale Manor
36. October Nineteenth at GrassdaleGrassdale Manor
37. December Twentieth, 1824Grassdale Manor
38. December 1825 at GrassdaleGrassdale Park
39. September Visitors, 1826Grassdale Manor
40. Late 1826 at GrassdaleGrassdale Manor
41. January Tenth, 1827Grassdale Manor
42. March Twentieth in Arthur's AbsenceGrassdale Manor
43. September First at GrassdaleGrassdale Manor
44. September at GrassdaleGrassdale Manor
45. Before Dawn, October Twenty-FourthWildfell Hall
46. The Grey WindowWildfell Hall
47. Gilbert's Six-Month AccountWildfell Hall
48. The Woodford AccountStaningley, June 1847
49. A Later Grassdale LetterStaningley, June 1847
50. The Next Grassdale LettersStaningley, June 1847
51. Before Thursday's BurialGrassdale Manor
52. Gilbert's Winter JourneyStaningley, June 1847
53. Staningley After SnowStaningley
54. Beside the Old TreeStaningley

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