Reading The Nineteenth-Century Online: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

Join Sherry Ashworth for the latest in our perennially popular reading course – now online – to explore depictions of motherhood in the nineteenth-century novel. How was the mother seen in Victorian times? Was she a domestic angel, designed for this sacred role? What about the ‘fallen woman’ as mother?

To answer these questions and more, we’ll be reading a range of classic texts that shine a spotlight on motherhood in Victorian Britain.

Our second session will explore Anne Bronte’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.

The course is suitable for the general reader who wants to delve deeper into reading the nineteenth-century. Grab your book and hunker down for some cosy winter reading, and then join the session for a fun and informative closer look at the text and the context of the novel.

Readers will be encouraged to discuss the book during the Zoom session, under Sherry’s expert guidance. Numbers will be limited to allow an inclusive discussion with chance for all to take part.

Tickets £10

This is a five-month course. You can come to one or two, or all of the sessions, to suit your interests.

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