The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

“Ideals of Womanhood in Victorian Britain” (2014) by Lynn Abrams, BBC History

This online series by BBC History highlights the themes that prevailed in shaping the image of the ideal Victorian woman, situated within the broader context of 19th-century British history.

“‘Horror and Disgust’: Reading The Tenant of Wildfell Hall” (2018) by Marianne Thormählen, Brontë Studies

This article in Brontë Studies, the journal of the Brontë Society, compares the issues that would have shocked Victorian readers of The Tenant of Wildfell Hall with the aspects that shock and surprise readers in modern times. It examines Anne’s response to contemporary debates about child-rearing, temperance, marriage, and female conduct.

Anne Brontë Reimagined (2022) by Adelle Hay

Hay provides a portrait of Anne’s life and a study of her inspirations. Hay further develops the personal interests and original beliefs that made the supposedly shy, retiring Anne able to write with such vividness about issues that were not widely discussed—and in fact, rather subversive—in her own time.

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996) adapted by Janet Barron and David Nokes

The three episodes of this television miniseries roughly follow the outline of the novel, but with some added drama, including a twist in the third act in which Huntingdon abducts young Arthur to force Helen to return to him. The acting emphasizes the debauchery of Huntingdon’s crowd while the contrast between the sumptuousness of her life at Grassdale and the plain environs of Wildfell Hall emphasizes the difference between Gilbert and Helen’s social stations.

“In Our Time: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall” (2021) by Melvyn Bragg

In this radio program for the BBC, host Melvyn Bragg leads a discussion with three literature professors on the impact and relevance of the novel, discussing the intricacies of its plot and characters as well as its changing reception over time.