A young woman in black unexpectedly appears in the abandoned estate of Wildfell Hall. She is beautiful, intelligent, educated, and maintains her independence. The neighbors die of curiosity, but the mysterious stranger is in no hurry to reveal the secrets of her past... "The Stranger from Wildfell Hall" is the boldest novel of its time. It audaciously raises the question of a woman's position in the family. Should one endure a life with a domestic tyrant for the sake of the child? Is it possible to find the strength to leave a man who is deteriorating from alcoholism? And can one finally experience a hard-earned happiness? Unlike her famous sisters, Charlotte and Emily, Anne Brontë writes sensibly and realistically, showing sides of reality that were usually silenced in England at her time—about drunkenness and what a drunk person is capable of; about divorce and a wife leaving her tyrannical husband. She earned her living through hard work and passionately wrote about the oppression of women in society. She was unafraid to horrify critics with plausible descriptions of marital quarrels and to unfold very bold plots on the pages of her novels. She set for herself one goal—to "simply tell the truth, for the truth always presents a lesson." In her books, there is no romantic depiction of heroes, only uncompromising descriptions of life, even when it is unappealing. A life from which one can see a way out.
