The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

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To J. Halford, Esq. Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Chapter 39 Chapter 40 Chapter 41 Chapter 42 Chapter 43 Chapter 44 Chapter 45 Chapter 46 Chapter 47 Chapter 48 Chapter 49 Chapter 50 Chapter 51 Chapter 52 Chapter 53

Themes

All Themes Gender, Sexism, and Double Standards Christian Faith and Morality Love and Marriage Work and Idleness

Characters

All Characters Helen Graham Gilbert Markham Arthur Huntingdon Frederick Lawrence Mrs. Maxwell (Peggy) Mr. Maxwell Annabella Wilmot / Lady Lowborough Lord Lowborough Mrs. Markham Eliza Millward Mary Millward Jane Wilson Milicent Hargrave Esther Hargrave Ralph Hattersley

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All Themes
Gender, Sexism, and Double Standards
Christian Faith and Morality
Love and Marriage
Work and Idleness

All Characters
Helen Graham
Gilbert Markham
Arthur Huntingdon
Frederick Lawrence
Mrs. Maxwell (Peggy)
Mr. Maxwell
Annabella Wilmot / Lady Lowborough
Lord Lowborough
Mrs. Markham
Eliza Millward
Mary Millward
Jane Wilson
Milicent Hargrave
Esther Hargrave
Ralph Hattersley

All Symbols
Trees and Flowers
Painting
The Weather

All Literary Devices
Allusions
Flashbacks
Foil
Foreshadowing
Frame Story
Genre
Hyperbole
Imagery
Irony
Metaphors
Mood
Motifs
Satire
Setting
Similes
Situational Irony
Style
Tone
Unreliable Narrator
Verbal Irony

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