Anne Brontë

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

£55

Illustrated by Valentina Catto

Introduced By Tracy Chevalier

Published to mark the 200th anniversary of Anne Brontë’s birth, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall completes the Folio collection of the Brontë sisters’ most distinguished titles.

£55

Book Details

Presentation Box & BindingBound in printed and blocked buckram
Plain slipcase

Dimensions9½ inches x 6¼ inches

FontSet in Adobe Caslon Pro

Pages488 pages

AuthorAnne Brontë

Illustrated byValentina Catto

IllustrationFrontispiece and 7 colour illustrations

Publication Date10/01/2020

Editor's Notes

While her sisters penned wildly passionate novels with heroic protagonists and Gothic undertones, Anne Brontë’s masterwork is firmly rooted in reality. Its frank depiction of marital breakdown and a woman’s forthright and daring response to her situation sent shockwaves through Victorian England, and the novel quickly became a publishing phenomenon. Returning to the unadulterated text of the first printing, this exceptional new edition includes Anne’s heartfelt preface defending her work, as well as an essential new introduction by historical novelist Tracy Chevalier. New illustrations by Valentina Catto blend artistic techniques that perfectly befit the era but also feel contemporary in their execution, drawing readers into the heart of the narrative. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall joins Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights as part of our lavishly designed and illustrated Brontë series.

About the Illustrator

Valentina Catto

Valentina Catto is an Italian illustrator. Born in Turin, she studied art at the Università degli Studi di Torino, graduating with a degree in Film Studies. She has lived in New York and London, where she produced artwork for theatre posters and stop-motion animations, and concept art for independent films. In 2017 she returned to Turin and worked as a cover artist for independent publishers. She has been shortlisted for the World Illustration Awards (2018) and the AOI Poster Prize for Illustration (2019). Her artwork is a mix of digital collage and digital drawing and painting.

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Anne Brontë was born in 1820, the youngest of the Brontë family. Her father was curate of Haworth, Yorkshire, and her mother died when she was 20 months old. Anne was educated at home, and then attended boarding school between 1836 and 1837. Between 1839 and 1845, Anne worked as a governess, an experience that inspired her debut novel, Agnes Grey, first published in 1847 under the pseudonym Acton Bell. The novel followed the commercially unsuccessful Poems by Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell, published in 1846 by Anne and her sisters, Charlotte and Emily. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, now considered Anne’s masterpiece and one of the first feminist novels, appeared in 1848. It was an immediate success, but following Anne’s death from tuberculosis in 1849, Charlotte suppressed subsequent printings. The novel did not appear again until 1854.

Tracy Chevalier is a celebrated historical novelist. Born in Washington DC, she now lives in London. The author of 10 novels, she is best known for the international bestseller Girl with a Pearl Earring (1999), which has been translated into 43 languages, sold more than five million copies worldwide, been adapted into a film, and will soon be performed as an opera. Her most recent novel is A Single Thread (2019), set in and around 1930s Winchester Cathedral. In 2016 she was a Creative Partner with the Brontë Parsonage to celebrate the bicentenary of Charlotte Brontë’s birth.

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