publication date: Friday, September 30, 2016 (part of Fall 2016)

category: Literature

clue: Unlike her sisters, she was uninterested in an air of anonymity and unobsessed with acrophobia. She focused on a widowed renter.

explanation: Anne Brontë's most well-known novel was The Tenant of Wildfell Hall. Her sisters attained more success: Charlotte wrote Jane Eyre and Emily wrote Wuthering Heights. more…

intended difficulty: hard

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, Joanna Woods, and Jesse King


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