Excellent, well-written novel by the lesser known Bronte sister, Anne. Her surprising imagination and powerful narrative certainly caught my attention, especially considering the fact that she was a young, single woman in her twenties at the time this was written, one of the first novels depicting feminism. 
 This is the story of young, beautiful woman who decided to marry a man despite her aunt's better judgment. She dearly paid for her choice for quite a few years as her husband was a man driven by his many vices. She thus became entangled and unable to escape this marriage since women during this time had very few, if not any, choices. The decision she made though for her son's sake, more than for her own, is what depicted the truly feminist tendencies of the story as she went against conventions and society. 
 Truly recommended for those who wish to read about the restraints women had in those times, which actually in a sense we continue to be bound to today on a smaller scale. Definitely worth the read!