The Tenant of Wildfell Hall the book title acted out by Lady Mary Crawley in the Christmas charade. The story of Helen Graham is mentioned in Elizabeth George's 1988 novel "A Great Deliverance". Her name is also used as a secret code. Tina Connolly's 2013 novel "Copperhead" was inspired by "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall". The name of the heroine is Helen Huntingdon and she also has a disastrous marriage. Sam Baker's 2016 novel "The Woman Who Ran" takes inspiration from radical themes of Anne's novel. The heroine is a woman also called Helen, who she hides from her past (in an abusive marriage) in
Bridget Jones's Diary Audie Award for "Solo Female Narration" for her audiobook narration. In 2003, the novel was listed at number 75 on the BBC's survey The Big Read. A film adaptation of the novel was released in 2001. The film stars Renée Zellweger (in an Academy Award nominated role) as the eponymous heroine, Hugh Grant as Daniel Cleaver, and Colin Firth as Mark Darcy. It was directed by Sharon Maguire (Helen Fielding's friend who was the inspiration for Shazzer) and the screenplay was written by Fielding, Andrew Davies, and Richard Curtis. A musical version is currently in the works. The show is