The Tenant of Wildfell Hall Vol. I - To J. Halford, Esq.

In which the author writes to their friend Halford to make amends for a former reserve, gently reproving his wounded dignity while owning, with quiet fairness, their own share of blame. On a rainy day, alone among old letters and a faded journal, they set themselves to render a full and faithful account of the most important passage of my earlier life, promising neither brevity nor embellishment, but plain truth in careful detail.