Agnes Grey/The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

<p><b><i>The Tenant of Wildfell Hall </i></b>is Anne Bronte's second and most celebrated novel. Set in the dramatic northern landscape made familiar by the author's more famous sisters it tells the story of Helen Graham a mysterious single woman who rents the semi-ruinous Hall of the title. With a child but no husband Helen divides the community between those who admire her charm and spirit and those who suspect her morals. Chief among her supporters is a local farmer Gilbert Markham who tells her story.<br><br>Written before <b><i>The Tenant</i></b><b><i> Agnes Grey</i></b> based on the author's own experience explores the position of women in Victorian society through the story of a young woman forced to work as a governess when her father is ruined financially.</p>