The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The mistress of Wildfell Hall (AKA The Tenant of Wildfell Hall ) is a novel by Anne Brontë from the year 1848. Tells the story of the young Helen Lawrence who so much suffering from the antics and misbehavior of their alcohol-and pleasure-loving husband that she finally flees from him and settles down under a false name in Wildfell Hall.
Content
The excitement in the neighborhood of Wildfell Hall is great, as a new tenant applies to the old house with her son. The young widow Helen Graham met the kind invitations of the village community rather cool and reserved, sometimes downright suspicious. They also excited by the - in the eyes of the neighbors - ridiculously exaggerated care for her son sensation, just as with their strong views about men and education.
The young farmer Gilbert Markham quickly realize that Mrs Graham has secrets. He falls in love despite their reticence and aloofness in the pretty widow tried persistently to win them for himself. Although Mrs. Graham very restrains, Markham makes gradually progress and manages to gradually win their affection. On one of his visits, he overheard a conversation between you and the owner of the estate, Frederick Lawrence chance. Markham, who has the persistent rumors in the village about an affair of Mrs Graham and Mr Lawrence denied ever decided and for the integrity of the lady has occurred, is seen and heard misinterpreted. Out of anger he beats Frederick Lawrence, for whom he actually feels Attention, later down and hurt him. Mrs. Graham then gives him to read her diary, so Markham can get an idea of what has happened to her before she came to Wildhide.
Markham experiences so that Helen Graham Helen Huntingdon actually is, and is married to an alcoholic addict, cruel man. She married Arthur Huntingdon years ago out of love and against the advice of her aunt in the belief that they could help him to improve. Years later their love is extinguished under his unloving treatment, and she decides to leave him to protect herself and her son from the bad example of his father. Using Mr Lawrence - who is her brother - she hides under the maiden name of her mother now in wild fur.
The action takes an unexpected turn for Markham when Helen returns to Huntingdon. This is a result of his antics now terminally ill, and Helen still feels obliged to help him as best she can. It maintains Huntingdon until his death. After his death, her son inherits the property, which she managed for him. In addition, since even Helens uncle dies and leaves her his entire fortune, she's now suddenly a rich heiress. Markham she loves her, but the sudden class distinction between her and him, and the fact that he has only heard about her brother from her since her departure from wild fur, prevent him to hold her hand. He is also aware that so soon after the deaths of a period of mourning must be observed. Only when he learns that Helen allegedly married, he travels to her, to make sure with my own eyes. The message turns out to be wrong. As Markham finally asks for her hand, Helen assumes joyfully.