The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

I'm in an autumn mood and felt like reading an old dusty classic, settling for the final Brontë sister I had never read before. If i had properly researched the novel beforehand I might have ducked out, as this is an epistolary novel, with a 300 page diary settled in the middle. Not my favorites, epistolarly novels, and novels detouring into the past. The author does mostly a good job at letting you forget that you're reading letters and diary entries though.

If it weren't for the rather sluggish middle section, I'd probably rate this higher as it did satisfy me with very 19th century Brontë descriptions of wild nature and deserted haunted halls on hillsides.

A feminist and realist novel, featuring one or two ‘nice' guys, I almost was surprised by its happy ending.