Autor ANNE BRONTE
Do rozpadnutého starého kaštieľa v utiahnutom kúte anglického vidieka sa nečakane prisťahuje mladá vdova so synom a slúžkou. Susedia sú na ňu zvedaví a začínajú sa s ňou spoznávať, no jej názory na život a výchovu syna sa priečia ich zažitým predstavám.…
'A powerful novel of expectation, love, oppression, sin, religion and betrayal' Daily Mail When the mysterious and beautiful young widow Helen Graham becomes the new tenant at Wildfell Hall rumours immediately begin to swirl around her. As her neighbour…
Each volume in the "Collector's Library" series has a specially commissioned Afterword, brief biography of the author and a further reading list. The Afterword for this edition of "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" is by Kathryn White,…
‘It is foolish to wish for beauty. Sensible people never either desire it for themselves or care about it in others. If the mind be but well cultivated, and the heart well disposed, no one ever cares for the exterior.’ Anne Brontë’s debut novel tells…
‘I see that a man cannot give himself up to drinking without being miserable one-half his days and mad the other.’ When Helen flees from her alcoholic husband in order to protect her son she defies societal convention. Earning a living as an artist,…
The Bronte family was a literary phenomenon unequalled before or since. Both Charlotte's "Jane Eyre" and Emily's "Wuthering Heights" have won lofty places in the pantheon and stirred the romantic sensibilities of generations of readers.…
A mysterious tenant, Helen Graham, unmasked not as a 'wicked woman' as the local gossips would have it, but as the estranged wife of a brutal alcoholic bully, desperate to protect her son.
A box set that brings together the Bronte sisters' four greatest novels in beautiful Penguin editions. From the bleak moors of Wuthering Heights to the Belgian capital in Villette, and the mysterious, gloomy country estates of Jane Eyre and The Tenant…
The Bronte sisters lives and works have become modern-day cultural touchstones. Emily Bronte, best known for her novel WUTHERING HEIGHTS, began writing poetry first and, before her untimely death, wrote some of the most touching and emotive poems which…
Životní příběh hlavní hrdinky se dramaticky mění, když se její rodina ocitne ve finančních potížích a ona zvolí jako východisko přijetí práce guvernantky v bohaté rodině. Působí u dvou rodin, musí se vyrovnávat se zkažeností prakticky nevychovatelných…
Agnes Grey is a classic story written by Anne Bronte. The story is about Agnes, the eighteen-year-old daughter of a poor clergyman. When her family loses a lot of money, Agnes decides to help by finding a job as a governess. But it proves to be a lot…
Gilbert Markham is fascinated by Helen Graham, the beautiful and enigmatic woman who has recently moved into Wildfell Hall. He is swift to befriend her and steadfastly refutes the local gossip calling her character and behaviour into question, yet he…