The Tenant of Wildfell Hall may be influenced by the works of Mary Wollstonecraft. Priti Joshi, believing that Anne had read her works, argues that she not only refuses the Wollstonecraftian indictment of the feminine, but also rejects its elevation, articulated by Hannah More. Anne Brontë’s feminism, in Joshi’s words, "forges a path between the extremes of Wollstonecraft-More spectrum". In "The Tenant", a reformed masculinity emerges not, as More would have it, under the tutelage of a woman, but by emulating feminine ways. Anne presents the "idle talk" of Linden-Car villagers primary as a way of creating fellowship and community, not only as vicious gossip.
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