The Stranger from Wildfell Hall

A bold and poignant story of a woman who defied Victorian norms for freedom and love.

In 1848, under the pseudonym Acton Bell, Anne Brontë publishes her boldest novel. She challenges Victorian norms by telling the story of a woman who chose freedom in the face of universal condemnation. Contemporaries greeted the work with heated debate: some admired its boldness, while others called it outrageous.

The mysterious Helen Graham is hiding in an old house with her son and a servant. Neighbors whisper, "Who is she? Why did she flee?" The answers are in her diary, where the story of an unhappy marriage and a desperate quest for independence unfolds on the pages.