[The Tenant of Wildfell Hall]
Year:
1848
Type:
Public:
Publisher:
Penguin Classics
Year of publication:
1996
Pages:
576
Moral assessment:
Type: Literature
Nothing inappropriate.
Some morally inappropriate content.
Contains significant sections contrary to faith or morals.
Contains some lurid passages, or presents a general ideological framework that could confuse those without much Christian formation.
Contains several lurid passages, or presents an ideological framework that is contrary or foreign to Christian values.
Explicitly contradicts Catholic faith or morals, or is directed against the Church and its institutions.
Literary quality:
Recommendable:
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The rating of the different categories comes from the opinion of Delibris' collaborators
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.
Author: Manuel Martínez, Spain
Update on: Apr 2026