“The Tenant of Wildfell Hall”

“The Tenant of Wildfell Hall” (1848) is one of two novels by Anne Brontë, the youngest of three literary sisters; Charlotte and Emily were her older sisters. Charlotte Brontë wrote “Jane Eyre” (1847) and “Villette” (1853), among other works, and Emily wrote “Wuthering Heights” (1847). You probably know those classic novels or video versions well, maybe Anne’s less so. Anne wrote under the pseudonym of Acton Bell, and her career was very short, two reasons why her works, including poetry, may be less familiar now. She died in 1849 at 29 years of age. Yet, she is to be remembered for her literary accomplishments as part of an amazing literary sisterhood Anne Brontë’s novel resonates from the past to the modern world in that it speaks to the sometimes desperate and frustrating lives t…