The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall1996

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall is the second and final novel by the English author Anne Brontë. It was first published in 1848 under the pseudonym Acton Bell. Probably the most shocking of the Brontës' novels, it had an instant and phenomenal success, … more »



Helen Graham to Gilbert Markham:
[after refusing Mrs. Markham's invitation to party] I'm sorry. It is my son. I do not care to leave him alone.

Mrs. Markham:
But surely you have a servant.

Helen Graham to Gilbert Markham:
Rachel is too busy to be running after a lively boy.

Gilbert Markham:
Are you really such a mischievous fellow?

Helen Graham to Gilbert Markham:
No, No. But he is my only treasure, and I am his only friend. We don't like to be parted.

Gilbert Markham:
So I observe.

Mrs. Markham:
My dear! I call that doting. He mustn't always be tied to his mama's apron strings. He should learn to be ashamed of it.

Helen Graham to Gilbert Markham:
Mrs Markham, I trust my son will never be ashamed to love his mother.

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