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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
- Narrated by: Alex Jennings, Jenny Agutter
- Length: 16 hrs and 25 mins
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Fleeing a disastrous marriage, Helen Huntingdon retreats to the desolate mansion, Wildfell Hall, with her son, Arthur. There, she makes her living as a painter. Finding it difficult to avoid her neighbors, she is soon an object of speculation and gossip. Brontë portrays Helen's eloquent struggle for independence at a time when society defined a married woman as her husband's property.
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- jobo
- 02-04-24
The other, other Brontë is good too
Really interesting insight into the life of women of the time. All the men behave very badly in this book!
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- Amazon Customer
- 06-12-20
Good.
Enjoyable but not moving.
A little too moralising throughout - a quality absent in such overt quantities in other Brontë sister's books- such as Wuthering Heights.
Eloquently and well written , although some passages closely resembled similar scenes from Austen's work.
I do not feel any of the characters really achieved any solidity or brilliance of personality, like Cathy or Heathcliff, but rather recited sermons or philosophiphied from writ. The husband character is quite convincing, though predictable.
In the scheme of things a very good book worthy of reading but it has failed to win my heart or transport my imagination.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-10-21
Stonkingly good in all respects.
Wow, Anne Bronte. A brave and gripping novel. Beautifully read and performed. Entertaining and thought-provoking. The best kind of audible experience.
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- Lisa
- 16-08-22
Excellent
A perfect classic novel very enjoyable story brought to life by the excellent narrators
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- Anonymous User
- 04-08-20
A classic
This is of the must reads of English literature. The performance was excellent. Highly recommended.
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- sarah c.
- 28-02-23
fabulous
love these old books brought to life., .I personally would struggle to read them and digest the content, so thank you Audible ....but more to the point, thank you to the brilliant narration. loved it...
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- Lindsey909975
- 17-08-23
Excellent!
I have long been a fan of Victorian fiction but not previously read The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.
I was struck by how feminist this novel is and how even more so it must have seemed to it’s contemporary audience. I loved it.
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- Amazon Customer
- 13-02-17
amazing book!
I have never read any Brontë novels and it is a bit strange to start with this one but it was very well written. the moral perfection in the book could be a little annoying at times but other than than it was great and didn't matter enough to knock a star off
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- Kelbells21
- 02-12-23
just the right voices
excellent performances from the actors. Worth a listen. Anne Bronte would have approved. a perfect pace too.
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- Strawberry
- 30-08-21
A Wonderful Story So Well Told
This was a wonderful story, so well told by Anne Bronte. I am so in awe of her wisdom, insight, knowledge and depth. The story was not all happy, but real life to what happened to a woman with a beautiful soul that fell in love with the wrong man and suffered an unhappy marriage. Her strength, integrity, courage and also forgiveness. Just loved this book so much and may read again. The two narrators were excellent, but most of the book is read by Jenny Agutter, and I hung on her every word, and felt like she was really Helen telling the story. A beautiful voice to listen too. And Loved Anne Bronte's book, she was an amazing women to have written this book.
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