Tenant of Wildfell Hall (version 2 dramatic reading)

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, written by Anne Brontë and published in 1848, follows the story of Helen Graham, a mysterious widow who arrives at the deserted Wildfell Hall with her young son. As she faces local slander and reveals her troubled past in her diary, it becomes clear that she has fled from an abusive marriage marked by her husband's alcoholism and moral decline. This novel is notable for being one of the first sustained feminist works, challenging social conventions and highlighting issues of women's rights and autonomy in Victorian England.