The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

First published in 1848, this novel is framed by Gilbert Markham's letters about the arrival of a reserved young widow, Helen Graham, at the ruined Wildfell Hall, with her son Arthur. Village gossip links her to the painter she employs. A central manuscript in Helen's voice recounts her marriage to Arthur Huntingdon, a charming alcoholic whose drinking, infidelity, and companions make the house unsafe, and her flight to protect the child. Markham's courtship and the legal limits on a wife's independence complete the outer story. The book is a novel of marriage and custody, not a ghost tale.

Bound in image printed grey blocked buckram. Plain slipcase.