The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

by Anne Brontë

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MRS HUMPHREY WARD

LONDON JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W. 1920

Contents

This Table of Contents contains the original chapter headings that were present in the first printed edition of 1848. These headings were removed in later (one-volume) editions of the text, after Anne Brontë’s death in 1849.

I. A Discovery II. An Interview III. A Controversy IV. The Party V. The Studio VI. Progression VII. The Excursion VIII. The Present IX. A Snake in the Grass X. A Contract and a Quarrel XI. The Vicar Again XII. A Tête-à-Tête and a Discovery XIII. A Return to Duty XIV. An Assault XV. An Encounter and its Consequences XVI. The Warnings of Experience XVII. Further Warnings XVIII. The Miniature XIX. An Incident XX. Persistence XXI. Opinions XXII. Traits of Friendship XXIII. First Weeks of Matrimony XXIV. First Quarrel XXV. First Absence XXVI. The Guests XXVII. A Misdemeanour XXVIII. Parental Feelings XXIX. The Neighbour XXX. Domestic Scenes XXXI. Social Virtues XXXII. Comparisons: Information Rejected XXXIII. Two Evenings XXXIV. Concealment XXXV. Provocations XXXVI. Dual Solitude XXXVII. The Neighbour Again XXXVIII. The Injured Man XXXIX. A Scheme of Escape XL. A Misadventure XLI. “Hope Springs Eternal in the Human Breast” XLII. A Reformation XLIII. The Boundary Past XLIV. The Retreat XLV. Reconciliation XLVI. Friendly Counsels XLVII. Startling Intelligence XLVIII. Further Intelligence XLIX. L. Doubts and Disappointments LI. An Unexpected Occurrence LII. Fluctuations LIII. Conclusion

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Portrait of Anne Brontë Moorland Scene, Haworth Moorland scene (with water): Haworth Moorland scene (with cottage), Haworth Blake Hall—The Approach (Grassdale Manor) Blake Hall—Front (Grassdale Manor) Blake Hall—Side (Grassdale Manor)