#helengraham

Congratulations on becoming the newest CEO of PGI Global, Helen Graham! We hope you find your new role rewarding and challenging. The whole PGI is looking forward to your continuing upward trajectory! All the best, Helen! #PraetorianGroupInternational #PGIGlobalTrade #PGIGlobal #SuperSaturday #HelenGraham #newceo https://www.instagram.com/p/CTP6sNbBFcu/?utm_medium=tumblr

«‘... it is never too late to reform, as long as you have the sense to desire it, and the strength to execute your purpose.’» (Chapter XLII: A Reformation) ~ «‘No one can be happy in eternal solitude.’» (Ch. VII: The Excursion) ~ «‘... if we can only speak to slander our betters, let us hold our tongues.’» (Ch. IX: A Snake in the Grass) ~ «‘Forgetfulness is not to be purchased with a wish; and I cannot bestow my esteem on all who desire it, unless they deserve it too.’» (Ch. XXXV: Provocations) ~ #Finished: #TheTenantOfWildfellHall by #AnneBrontë. • Rating: 8/10 • *spoiler alert* Surely groundbreaking for its time, this novel, in which sexism and inequalities in marriage are all over the place, exposes the gender issues at that time, holding up a mirror to Victorian society. The mysterious tenant of #WildfellHall, #HelenGraham, has blindly fallen in love with, married and let herself abused by #ArthurHuntingdon, a rake, despite forewarnings about him. Though too late and at the expense of her peace and honour, Helen has realized what a toxic marriage she has been in and leaves her husband. I loathed Huntingdon, some of his rakish friends and #AnnabellaWilmot. However, everyone gets what they deserve, some by being redeemed, some by paying too dearly. #GilbertMarkham, the narrator, sometimes annoyed me with his selfishness in his love for Helen. I liked how Helen decided to bring up her son, Arthur, Jr. in such a way that he wouldn't be like his father. This is a really good and unforgettable book, a milestone in feminist writing, but was at some parts really dull and repetitive in itself for me. ~ «... to wheedle and coax is safer than to command...» (Ch. XXVI: The Guests) ~ «‘Of him, to whom less is given, less will be required; but our utmost exertions are required of us all...’» (Ch. XXIII: First Weeks of Matrimony) ~ «But where hope rises fear must lurk behind...» (Ch. XXVIII: Parental Feelings) ~ #Brontë #AnneBronte #HelenHuntingdon #LordLowborough #LadyLowborough #WalterHargave #FrederickLawrence #Bronte #TenantOfWildfellHall #book #books #bookstagram #literature #bibliophile #novel #reading #read #instabook #bookish #bookworm #booknerd #classics https://www.instagram.com/p/CGt7fWcgJ6H/?igshid=egtp1wt937tg

«To represent a bad thing in its least offensive light is, doubtless, the most agreeable course for a writer of fiction to pursue; but is it the most honest, or the safest? Is it better to reveal the snares and pitfalls of life to the young and thoughtless traveller, or to cover them with branches and flowers?» (Preface to the Second Edition) ~ «‘I would rather admire you from this distance, fair lady, than be the partner of your home.’» (Chapter I: A Discovery) ~ «‘It is all very well to talk about noble resistance, and trials of virtue; but for fifty—or five hundred men that have yielded to temptation, shew me one that has had virtue to resist.’» (Ch. III: A Controversy) ~ #CurrentlyReading: #TheTenantOfWildfellHall by #AnneBrontë. The new tenant of Wildfell Hall, #HelenGraham, is a mysterious woman living with her son and a maid. The narrator, #GilbertMarkham, along with his family and some other inhabitants of Linden-Car, the village that #WildfellHall is close to, try to solve the mystery behind this impenetrable lady. But, soon enough, some rumors begin to spread in the village, mostly due to the vicar Reverend Millward, her daughter Eliza, who loves Gilbert, and the beautiful and elegant Jane Wilson. The previous owner of the Hall, Mr. Lawrence is also mysterious, evokes curiosity. I must say the novel is going rather slow, but I love the feeling of mystery of what will be revealed further in the novel. ~ «I wished to tell the truth, for truth always conveys its own moral to those who are able to receive it. But as the priceless treasure too frequently hides at the bottom of a well, it needs some courage to dive for it, especially as he that does so will be likely to incur more scorn and obloquy for the mud and water into which he has ventured to plunge, than thanks for the jewel he procures...» (Preface to the Second Edition) ~ «‘... we must bear one another's burdens.’» (Ch. VI: Progression) ~ #Brontë #AnneBronte #MrsGraham #ArthurGraham #MrLawrence #ElizaMillward #JaneWilson #MrsMarkham #Bronte #TenantOfWildfellHall #book #books #bookstagram #literature #bibliophile #novel #currentread #reading #read #instabook #bookish #bookworm #booknerd #classics https://www.instagram.com/p/CGQW4jUg99i/?igshid=gplhq1lbxfk5