The author (1820–1849) was a British novelist and poet, the youngest of the Brontë family. The work reviewed is her second and final novel, a true classic of feminist literature.

The arrival of a young unknown woman and her son at the old mansion of Wildfell Hall arouses the interest, and later the malicious suspicions, of the inhabitants of the quiet English village where the house is located. They do not know that Helen is fleeing a turbulent past... In the narrative, not only attitudes and opinions related to the condition of women—very advanced for their time—stand out, but also a modern portrayal of human miseries, flaws, and weaknesses.