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
Helen (novel) to join her dear friend Cecilia (a charming socialite), and the first half of the novel describes Helen's experiences among the most fortunate of Britain's elite under the tutelage of Lady Davenant, who in some ways favors Helen over her own daughter Cecilia. In the second and more dramatic half of the novel, Lady Davenant departs with her husband, who has been named ambassador at the Court of St. Petersburg, Russia. Helen is left to the care of General Clarendon and Cecilia. By this time she is engaged to Granville Beauclerc, a young and handsome man who is another of