“Granted;—but would you use the same argument with regard to a girl?’ ‘Certainly not.’ ‘No; you would have her to be tenderly and delicately nurtured, like a hothouse plant—taught to cling to others for direction and support, and guarded, as much as possible, from the very knowledge of evil. But will you be so good as to inform me why you make this distinction? Is it that you think she has no virtue?” FeminismSexismClassics Book:The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
“When I feel it my duty to speak an unpalatable truth, with the help of God, I will speak it, though it be to the prejudice of my name and to the detriment of my reader’s immediate pleasure as well as my own.” FeminismBritish LiteratureBronte Sisters Book:The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Source: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall