In that novel by this author, Helen Graham takes refuge in the title mansion.
The title character of a novel by this author falls deeper in love with her future husband when he goes out of the way to fetch her three difficult-to-reach primroses. One of this author's opening lines informs us that "All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find." The protagonist of that novel by this author kills a nest full of baby birds to prevent the horrible little boy Tom from torturing them. At the start of this author's most famous novel, a man hits a mounted rival suitor with a (*) whip handle, causing him to fall off his horse. The protagonist of that novel by her marries an alcoholic husband who destroys her art supplies, plays chess with the ill-intentioned Walter Hargrave, and ends up with the narrator Gilbert Markham. In that novel by this author, Helen Graham takes refuge in the title mansion. For 10 points, name this author of Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall, the least famous of three literary sisters.
The title character of a novel by this author falls deeper in love with her future husband when he goes out of the way to fetch her three difficult-to-reach primroses.
Anne Bronte [or Acton Bell; prompt on Bronte; prompt on Bell]