The Tenant of Wildfell Hall（I） 威爾德菲爾莊園的房客（英文版）
TheTenantofWildfellHall(1848)isthesecondandfinalnovelbytheEnglishauthorAnneBront?.Ithadaninstantandphenomenalsuccess.MostcriticsnowconsiderTheTenantofWildfellHalltobeoneofthefirstfeministnovels.ThenovelisframedasaseriesoflettersfromGilbertMarkhamtohisfriendandbrother-in-lawabouttheeventsconnectedwiththemeetingofhiswife.AmysteriousyoungwidowarrivesatWildfellHall,anElizabethanmansionwhichhasbeenemptyformanyyears,withheryoungsonandaservant.ShelivesthereinstrictseclusionundertheassumednameHelenGrahamandsoonfindsherselfthevictimoflocalslander.Refusingtobelieveanythingscandalousabouther,GilbertbefriendsHelenanddiscoversherpast.Inherdiary,Helendepictsherhusband'sphysicalandmoraldeclinethroughalcoholandherdesperateattemptstosavetheirsonfromhisinfluenceinthedissipatedaristocraticsocietyfromwhichsheultimatelyflees.Thedepictionofmaritalstrifeandwomen'sprofessionalidentificationhasalsoastrongmoralmessagemitigatedbytheauthors'sbeliefinuniversalsalvation.
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