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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë

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Esta obra de Anne Brontë es simplemente magnífica. Fue publicada en 1848 con el seudónimo de Acton Bell, ya que las mujeres no podían publicar. Qué elegancia narrativa, qué trama tan bien llevada, qué oscuridad se desprende de sus páginas con esta historia tan asfixiante, y al mismo tiempo, tan brillante. La autora nos deleita con una protagonista femenina fuerte, determinada, y sin embargo, inevitablemente arrastrada por el carruaje del horror, en una sociedad conservadora, que silencia a la mujer y empodera a los hombres.

Es la historia de Helen, la nueva inquilina de Wildfell Hall. Ha venido con su hijo pequeño y en el pueblo no se habla de otra cosa. Poco a poco, un curioso joven llamado Gilbert se verá ardientemente atraído por ella e irá descubriendo el secreto que esconde.

No he leído aún todas las novelas de las Brontë, y es que no deja de sorprenderme que estas muchachas, en el seno de una misma familia, hayan cultivado con honores el arte de las letras, y además siendo tan jovencitas cuando las escribieron.

Esta novela es una maravilla. La historia está contada de una manera muy inteligente, muy detallada, muy pensada, de tal forma que te va introduciendo en una trama oscura y complicada, que no esperas, y donde se manifiesta lo peor y mejor del ser humano, las cuitas más íntimas y las relaciones más complejas entre todos los personajes, pues en ellos se sustenta todo el peso de la trama.

Es una novela entrañable, dura, considerada una de las primeras novelas feministas de la historia, y siendo del s.XIX, como es de esperar, con algo moralina religiosa haciendo obrar a todos los personajes según los designios del cielo.

Algo a destacar a pesar de sus numerosas páginas: el ritmo de la novela. Es muy intenso. No hay que tenerle ningún miedo a enfrentarla, se lee deprisa. Está escrita de forma epistolar, lo cual me ha parecido maravilloso.

¡La he disfrutado muchísimo!

saimak's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Complicated

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

Now I've read all three debut novels from the Brontë sisters. Till now my favorite has been Wuthering Heights but The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is giving it a tough competition. This book is so simply written, following a very simple plot yet I enjoyed every bit of it. The characters are all very human, even relatable, and the relationships portrayed were very realistic. The main protagonist was written to be this flawless and ever compassionate lady but I felt she wasn't someone who quietly suffers. A few times her decisions were dumb but it just highlighted her kind soul, she was constantly a good person without being a Mary Sue. And the best part might be how the men in this book were just there for decoration, I hated all of them except one.

more_bookshelves_please's review against another edition

5.0

dark inspiring reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

sayruh90's review

3.75

challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring sad slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

rjvrtiska's review against another edition

3.5

emotional mysterious tense slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

raven_goodwoman's review against another edition

5.0

This is amazingly the first Bronte novel I've really truly enjoyed. Having had to read Wuthering Heights three times and Jane Eyre twice (English Major), and failed to finish Villette after three attempts, this one kinda solved all the problems I had for the other two books? My favorite part of WH was how Heathcliff's wife ran away with her child to live by themselves, somehow, amazingly, during that time period without any help. I wanted to know more but understood the focus wasn't on that character any longer.

I wanted to know how a woman could make it in a world where she had so few options and Anne Bronte helped fill in that desire. Very incredible. (And feminist, whooooo!)