The most controversial of the Bronte sisters' novels, Anne Bronte's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is the story of Helen Graham, a woman who, unique for her time, acts in her own best interest to rise above her personal circumstances to secure a better life for her son. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a powerful and gripping story of oppression, bravery, and love. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital form, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

The Tenant Of Wildfell Hall

Agnès Grey, une jeune-fille anglaise modeste de 19 ans, tente sa chance comme gouvernante afin d'aider sa famille ruinée après la soudaine infortune de son père qui est pasteur d'un village du nord de l'Angleterre.

Chronique réaliste à la première personne à la manière de certaines oeuvres de Jane Austen, Agnes Grey est largement inspiré de l'expérience de gouvernante d'Anne Brontë dans l'Angleterre provinciale de son siècle, tout comme Jane Eyre (octobre 1847) de sa soeur Charlotte.

Publié en décembre 1847 sous le pseudonyme d'Acton Bell, Agnes Grey paraît en France pour la première fois en 1859. Paru la même année que Les Hauts de Hurlevent et Jane Eyre des ses soeurs Emily et Charlotte, Agnès Grey est une chronique réaliste et satirique qui ne manque pas d'humour.

Agnès Grey

You must go back with me to the autumn of 1827.

My father, as you know, was a sort of gentleman farmer in -shire; and I, by his express desire, succeeded him in the same quiet occupation, not very willingly, for ambition urged me to higher aims, and self-conceit assured me that, in disregarding its voice, I was burying my talent in the earth, and hiding my light under a bushel. My mother had done her utmost to persuade me that I was capable of great achievements; but my father, who thought ambition was the surest road to ruin, and change but another word for destruction, would listen to no scheme for bettering either my own condition, or that of my fellow mortals. He assured me it was all rubbish, and exhorted me, with his dying breath, to continue in the good old way, to follow his steps, and those of his father before him, and let my highest ambition be to walk honestly through the world, looking neither to the right hand nor to the left, and to transmit the paternal acres to my children in, at least, as flourishing a condition as he left them to me.

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

L'arrivée de Mrs Helen Graham, nouvelle occupante du manoir délabré de Wildfell Hall, alimente les rumeurs des villageois. Qui donc est cette mystérieuse artiste, qui se dit veuve et vit seule avec son jeune fils ? Quel inconvenant secret cache-t-elle ? La moins loquace n'est pas Eliza Millward, sa rivale dans le coeur de Gilbert Markham, jeune cultivateur prospère. Mais la famille de ce dernier désapprouve leur union. Lui-même commence à douter d'Helen, dont le voisin semble si jalousement veiller sur elle... Un drame est désormais inévitable. Il décidera Helen à confier à Gilbert le journal intime où l'histoire de sa vie est consignée. Publié en 1848, La Dame du manoir de Wildfell Hall est considéré comme l'un des tout premiers romans féministes. Anne Brontë y décrit sans indulgence la place des femmes dans la société victorienne - et semble parfois y répondre au chef-d'oeuvre de sa soeur Emily, Les Hauts de Hurlevent.

La dame du manoir de Wildfell Hall

Bronte sisters Anne, Charlotte, and Emily are among the most widely-read and best-loved nineteenth-century writers, and the themes of love, longing, and personal fulfillment come to life in their literary masterpieces. This special ebook edition includes all of the sisters' published works: Agnes Grey, and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte, Jane Eyre, Shirley, Villette, and The Professor by Charlotte Bronte, and Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.

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Mémoires d'une gouvernante anglaise...
Élevée au sein d'une famille unie mais pauvre - qui n'est pas sans rappeler la fratrie Brontë -, Agnès Grey, 18 ans, fille d'un pasteur d'un village du nord de l'Angleterre, décide de tenter sa chance dans le monde en se faisant gouvernante. Trop discrète et inexpérimentée, elle est vite confrontée à la dure réalité dès son arrivée chez la famille Bloomfield. 
Désarmée face à l'indiscipline des enfants gâtés dont elle a la garde, et à l'indifférence cruelle des adultes, elle est renvoyée au bout de quelques mois. Sans désemparer, et dans l'obligation de subvenir à ses besoins, elle trouve alors un emploi chez les Murray. Les jours passent, avec leur lot de monotonie et de difficultés, jusqu'à l'arrivée du nouveau pasteur, Mr Weston. 
Chronique réaliste à la première personne, non dénuée de satire, Agnes Grey est largement inspiré de l'expérience de gouvernante d'Anne Brontë dans l'Angleterre provinciale de son siècle, tout comme Jane Eyre de sa soeur Charlotte.

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 'I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one-half his days and mad the other.'

 When Helen flees from her alcoholic husband in order to protect her son she defies societal convention. Earning a living as an artist, she becomes the mysterious tenant of Wildfell Hall as she hides herself away and uses her art to support her child. However, the beautiful and reclusive young woman soon begins to stir up malicious gossip and speculation. Captivated and drawn to Helen, Gilbert Markham becomes suspicious when he begins to hear these stories, however it is only when he reads Helen's diary that he learns the full cruelty that her husband subjected her to in her previous life.

 Rejecting the societal norms surrounding marriage in Victorian Society, Anne Brontë's novel, said to be based on the experiences of her own brother Branwell, shocked her readers at the time and still remains a scandalous read today.

"The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" is the second and final novel by the English author Anne Brontë. It was first published in 1848 under the pseudonym Acton Bell. Probably the most shocking of the Brontës' novels, it had an instant and phenomenal success, but after Anne's death her sister Charlotte prevented its re-publication.

The novel is framed as a series of letters from Gilbert Markham to his friend and brother-in-law about the events leading to his meeting his wife.

A mysterious young widow arrives at Wildfell Hall, an Elizabethan mansion which has been empty for many years, with her young son and servant. She lives there in strict seclusion under the assumed name Helen Graham and very soon finds herself the victim of local slander. Refusing to believe anything scandalous about her, Gilbert Markham, a young farmer, discovers her dark secrets. In her diary, Helen writes about her husband's physical and moral decline through alcohol, and the world of debauchery and cruelty from which she has fled. This novel of marital betrayal is set within a moral framework tempered by Anne's optimistic belief in universal salvation.

"The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" is mainly considered to be one of the first sustained feminist novels.

May Sinclair, in 1913, said that the slamming of Helen's bedroom door against her husband reverberated throughout Victorian England. In escaping her husband, Helen violates not only social conventions, but also English law.

Note: Editions of The Tenant that start with: "You must go back with me..." are incomplete. Actual opening line of the novel is: "To J. Halford, Esq. Dear Halford, when we were together last..."L'arrivée de Mrs Helen Graham, la nouvelle locataire du manoir de Wildfell, bouleverse la vie de Gilbert Markham, jeune cultivateur. Qui est cette mystérieuse artiste, qui se dit veuve et vit seule avec son jeune fils ? Quel lourd secret cache-t-elle ? Sa venue alimente les rumeurs des villageois et ne laisse pas Gilbert insensible. Cependant, la famille de ce dernier désapprouve leur union et lui-même commence à douter de Mrs Graham... Quel drame s'obstine-t-elle à lui cacher ? Et pourquoi son voisin, Frederick Lawrence, veille-t-il si jalousement sur elle ?Publié en 1848, La Dame du manoir de Wildfell Hall analyse la place des femmes dans la société victorienne. Considéré comme l'un des tout premiers romans féministes.

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