num_pages: 799
description: THE TENANT OF WILDFELL HALL is a classic and sometimes violent tale of love and betrayal, separation and reconciliation. It is narrated by a youthful gentleman farmer, Gilbert Markham, who falls in love with his new neighbour, Helen Graham, said to be a widow who, together with her young son, Arthur, has rented Wildfell Hall from a Mr Frederick Lawrence. Her youth, beauty and lack of a satisfactory explanation of her past, soon cause gossip which verges on scandal after visits from her landlord are discovered. In a fit of jealous rage Gilbert then violently assaults Lawrence. This incident causes Helen to reveal the secrets of her past in a diary.
language: English
title: The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall
titlecomplete: The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall
characters: Rose Markham, Helen Graham, Milicent Hargrave, Walter Hargrave, Rachel (The Tenant of Wildfell Hall), Jane Wilson, Arthur Huntingdon, Fergus Markham, Eliza Millward, Michael Millward, Frederick Lawrence, Robert Wilson, Richard Wilson, Esther Hargrave, Arthur Huntingdon-Jr., Gilbert Markham
genres: Fiction, Gothic, British Literature, Classic Literature, Romance, Literature, Classics, 19th Century, Historical Fiction, Victorian
ratings_count: 111353
places: Yorkshire, England, London, England
publisher: Charnwood