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Title: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte, Jenny Agutter, Alex Jennings ISBN: 0-7540-5300-8 Publisher: Sterling Audio Books Pub. Date: December, 1997 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 14 List Price(USD): $110.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.84 (31 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Must read for any Bronte fan
Comment: As some people would say, once you read "Jane Eyre" and "Wuthering Heights" then you'll definite end up with Anne Bronte "Tenant of Wildfell Hall." The heroine is Helen. She could've turn out to be another Jane Eyre if she didn't have a son or an alcoholic husband. Like Jane, she stands by her moral convictions, and takes drastic action if necessary to achieve or maintain them. All in all, the book is terrific which all the characters got what they just deserve where every books should be.
Rating: 2
Summary: One Long Sermon
Comment: Never having read Anne Bronte before, and being a huge fan of Charlotte Bronte, I went into this book with high expectations. Perhaps that is my fault. Gilbert Markham's share of the story is interesting and flowing, but Helen's part begins to drag, and the reader is drawn into what feels like Anne Bronte's rather annoying God-talk. Helen is more interesting when seen from Markham's perspective. However, when we are introduced to the Helen who marries Huntingdon, one can't help but feel that perhaps he is the victim, driven to drink by her overly "good" nature. In fact, she was so good she is just downright annoying. Always quick to sermonize and put herself in the place of good, the novel doesn't start to pick up again until Gilbert takes over the narrative again. Also, the Helen we see after the death of her husband is flirtatous, nothing like the woman we see before, and even though Gilbert loves her more after he learns her real story, I can't help but feel that he should have gone running in the opposite direction. It's obvious that the reason Anne Bronte is not as widely read as her sister is that she did not have the same skill for making a truly good AND sympathetic character the way Charlotte did with Jane Eyre. Jane was good and pure, but passionate, while Helen was downright preachy, even for her time. Even the rantings of Heathcliff and Catherine were better than this. I give two stars simply because I liked Markham's passion.
Rating: 5
Summary: Anne may be the *best* Bronte if you are an "Janite"
Comment: I'll make this review short - I liked this book MUCH better than "Jane Eyre" or "Wuthering Heights" as:
a)it is much less overtly religious (tho still some sections to slog through)
b)writing style is much better
c)great story line
d)narrator's personality is well defined (warts and all)
Quite frankly, I have now decided that Anne is a far superior writer than her sisters (I liked "Agnes Grey" too). Simply put: if you like Jane Austen *and* "Jane Eyre" & "Wuthering Heights" give you gut pains, you might like *this* book (and "Agnes Grey" as well).
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Title: Agnes Grey (Oxford World's Classics) by Anne Bronte, Hilda Marsden, Robert Inglesfield ISBN: 0192834789 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Shirley (Oxford World's Classics) by Charlotte Bronte, Herbert Rosengarten, Margaret Smith ISBN: 0192833782 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.95 |
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Title: Villette by A.S. Byatt, Ignes Sodre, Charlotte Bronte ISBN: 037575850X Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 09 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: The Professor (Penguin Classics) by Charlotte Bronte, Heather Glen ISBN: 0140433112 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: June, 1989 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: Evelina : or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World by Elizabeth Kowaleski Wallace, Fanny Burney ISBN: 0375758054 Publisher: Modern Library Pub. Date: 04 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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