Anne Bronts second and last novel was widely and often negatively reviewed upon its 1848 publication, in part because its subject matter domestic violence, alcoholism, and divorce was so controversial. Unconventionally structured and powerfully plotted, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is now considered to be a classic of Victorian literature. This edition includes a sampling of contemporary reviews of the novel along with other writings by the Bronts and material on womens education, childrearing, temperance, and women as artists.
