The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1968 miniseries) victim of local slander. Only young farmer, Gilbert Markham, is compassionate toward her. For a full length summary see: "The Tenant of WIldfell Hall" plot summary. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1968 miniseries) The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is the first adaptation of Anne Brontë's novel of the same name, produced by BBC and directed by Peter Sasdy. The serial stars Janet Munro as Helen Graham, Bryan Marshall as Gilbert Markham and Corin Redgrave as her spoiled and drunkard husband Arthur Huntington. A mysterious young woman arrives with her young son at Wildfell Hall, a nearby old mansion. She is
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall work [on "The Tenant"]" is not credible. Notwithstanding Anne's repudiation of the Gothic atmosphere, "The Tenant"'s narrative structure is common to Gothic fiction with the usage of framing narrator, letters and diary as clues to a whole truth. However, the narrator, Gilbert Markham, differs from his gothic predecessors in that he and the official standards he represents are shown to be in part the cause of the shocking reality he encounters. Chapters formed from Helen's diary strictly follow its style and differ from Gilbert's narrative. It should be noted that his story is also taken from his own diary. Such