| The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Contributor(s): Brontė, Anne (Author), Rosengarten, Herbert (Editor), Smith, Margaret (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0198125968 ISBN-13: 9780198125969 Publisher: Clarendon Press OUR PRICE: $304.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 1992 Annotation: Published in June 1848, less than a year before her death, Anne Bronte's second (and last) novel, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, is the somber account of the breakdown of a marriage in the face of alcoholism and infidelity. The novel enjoyed a modest success that led its publisher, the unscrupulous T.C. Newby, to issue a "Second Edition" less than two months later. The present edition, which completes the Clarendon Edition of the Novels of the Brontes, offers a text based on the collation of the first edition with the second. The introduction details the work's composition and early printing history, including its first publication in America; and the text is fully annotated. Appendices record the substantive variants in the first English and American editions, and discuss the author's belief in the doctrine of universal salvation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Literary Collections | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 91007263 |
| Lexile Measure: 1190 |
| Physical Information: 1.44" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.92 lbs) 570 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Published in June 1848, less than a year before her death, Anne Brontė's second (and last) novel, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, is the somber account of the breakdown of a marriage in the face of alcoholism and infidelity. The novel enjoyed a modest success that led its publisher, the unscrupulous T.C. Newby, to issue a Second Edition less than two months later. The present edition, which completes the Clarendon Edition of the Novels of the Brontės, offers a text based on the collation of the first edition with the second. The introduction details the work's composition and early printing history, including its first publication in America; and the text is fully annotated. Appendices record the substantive variants in the first English and American editions, and discuss the author's belief in the doctrine of universal salvation. |