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Originally Posted by astrangerhere
I know that the book is so didactic as to be unsufferably preachy, but I have to appreciate the early attempt to depict the brutality of some Victorian homes.
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I was thinking about this and realized it was another theme Anne shared with her sisters. Especially with Wuthering Heights, and it seems obvious that Wildfell Hall has most in common with that book. Heathcliff physically abused Isabella Linton, who did end up leaving him with their son. As for Jane Eyre, it's not as direct, but I can read abuse into Rochester's treatment of Bertha, keeping her locked in the attic in the care of a drunken woman (notably the woman is the drunkard here).