Ep 116 - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, by Anne Brontë
Overdue · Andrew Cunningham and Craig Getting
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Show Notes
Hey, jabronis! This week we finally read our first Brontë book, thanks to one of our Patreon supporters!
Anne Brontë's The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is considered to be "one of the first sustained feminist books," and though many of the sensibilities of early-to-mid-19th-century England are present here, we see the typical marriage and courtship rituals through a darker lens.
Contemporary readers were scandalized by the things this book depicted, including but not limited to (1) a woman leaving a man and (2) a man being a loutish alcoholic and cheating on his wife. Join us for a discussion of all that plus some tips on safe high-fiving.
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