Beautiful, but unmarried, distant and laconic, she’s an artist who sells her own paintings to make a living… how dare she? She soon becomes a favorite topic for tongue-wagging over tea. Helen is a vexing and beguiling riddle to the townspeople, the object of intense curiosity and judgment. She is - for reasons that will become abundantly, painfully clear - on the run from a shady past, and she takes up residence in the previously neglected Wildfell Hall. The story centers on Helen Graham, a woman struggling for independence and a safe, happy life for her son. It also happens to be a rollicking good read. Anne sometimes seems doomed to be the forgotten Brontë sister, but this novel is essential reading: Most literary critics hail it as one of the first feminist novels.
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