Namangan davlat universiteti ingliz filologiyasi fakulteti amaliy ingliz tili kafedrasi

Anne Brontë
(17 January 1820 – 28 May 1849) was a British novelist and poet. She wrote 
two novels, Agnes Grey (based on her own experiences as a governess) and The Tenant of Wildfell 
Hall. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall was an instant phenomenal success, sold out within six weeks. Its 
depiction of alcoholism and debauchery were profoundly disturbing to nineteenth century readers. 
It is also a noted feminist novel. Anne’s heroine eventually leaves her husband to protect their 
young son from his influence, as he is a cruel alcoholic. She supports herself and her son by 
painting, while living in hiding, fearful of discovery. In doing so, she violates not only social 
conventions, but also English law. At the time, a married woman had no independent legal 
existence, apart from her husband and could not own her own property, sue for divorce, or control 
custody of her children. If she attempted to live apart from him, her husband had the right to 
reclaim her. If she took their child with her, she was liable for kidnapping. In living off her own 
earnings, she was held to be stealing her husband’s property, since any income she made was 
legally his. As for Agnes Grey, George Moore praised it as “the most perfect prose narrative in 
English letters,” and went so far as to compare Anne’s prose to that of Jane Austen. Both novels are 
widely available in English. 

---

LESSON 2 
THE LITERATURE OF GREAT BRITAIN AT THE END OF XIX AND THE BEGINNING 
OF XX CENTURY. 
Plan: 
1.
 
The literature of Great Britain at the end of XIX century 
2.
 
They idealized the patriarchal way of life and criticized the existing society chiefly for 
its antiaesthetism. 
3.
 
The most popular works of the authors 
By 1880 England had become the first modern industrial empire. Its large, urban 
manufacturing centers produced goods that went by rail and then by steamship to consumers all 
over the world. British investments and energy were expanding and served for the defense of the 
Empire.
Queen Victoria lived until January 1901. Her son, Edward VII, was nearly sixty years old 
when he was crowned, and reigned only nine years. These nine years in the history of England are 
called