The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996 miniseries) Markham, succeeded in revealing her secrets. For a full length summary see: "The Tenant of WIldfell Hall" plot summary. The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996 miniseries) The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is a 1996 British television serial adaptation of Anne Brontë's novel of the same name, produced by BBC and directed by Mike Barker. The serial stars Tara Fitzgerald as Helen Graham, Rupert Graves as her abusive husband Arthur Huntington and Toby Stephens as Gilbert Markham. A mysterious young woman arrives at Wildfell Hall, an old mansion of Elizabethan era with a young son. She determines to lead an independent
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall words and reliance on the visual, and their faith in the written word, concludes that a diary is a fitting narrative device because the characters require it, and that the epistolary narrative form reflects this faith. Josephine McDonagh believes that some of the stylistic features of "The Tenant" may be influenced by the print culture of the Brontës' time. For example, Anne's concern to preserve the integrity of each of her narrators' voices is similar to magazine structure that maintains the voice of individual contributors. The novel’s labyrinthine structure is established by the application of direct speech. Gilbert's letter incorporates