Book Description

''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 Gilbert Markham comes to discover, Helen has painful secrets buried in her past that even his love for her cannot easily overcome.

''Courageous and controversial'' The Times

**One of the BBC’s 100 Novels That Shaped Our World**