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A respectable bachelor is attracted to a young widow who moves into a nearby house, only to be rejected. What manner of secrets does this woman hide in her past? Anne Bronte’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is her second and last novel. Summary of the Book When Helen Graham, a beautiful and reclusive young widow, chooses to move into Wildfell Hall with her young son, she only craves seclusion and time to heal. However, a young man named Gilbert Markham seems to be interested in her, and he makes bold advances, offering her his friendship. Helen isn’t interested in him, despite his allure and his charm. She wants nothing more than to be left alone. Gilbert doesn’t relent, and Helen realizes that to turn him away, she will have to confide her story in him. However, she has been labeled a “wicked woman” by the public, and her story is not a sombre tale for the weak at heart. In her past lies a terror that she will do anything to forget, the terror of an abusive husband, prone to a life of cruelty and debauchery. Can Helen find the peace she craves? About Anne Bronte Anne Bronte was a British poet and novelist. Anne, together with her sisters Charlotte and Emily, are known in literary circles as the Bronte Sisters. She has also written Agnes Grey.