1840s feminist // Anne Bronte heroine flees from abuse

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From: Chicago Sun-Times
Date: 19971024
Author:Lon Grahnke

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (STAR)(STAR)(STAR) Channel 11, 8 to 10:30 p.m. Sunday. Content guideline: TV-PG (violence, sexual situations, adult themes). Another autumn Sunday, another long 19th century British drama based on a Bronte book.

Following last week's weepy adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre on cable's A&E channel, PBS counters with a "Masterpiece Theatre" version of Anne Bronte's 1848 novel The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.

For "Masterpiece" viewers who appreciate topical issues in period pieces, the "Tenant" teleplay confronts a flurry of feminist concerns - including ...

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