Who in a novel, first published in 1848 was 'Mrs. Helen Graham'?
"Helen Graham (The Tenant of Wildfell Hall) Helen Lawrence (married name is Helen Huntingdon but she is most commonly known under her alias Helen Graham) is the main female protagonist of Anne Brontë's 1848 novel ""The Tenant of Wildfell Hall"". Helen was portrayed by Janet Munro in the 1968 TV adaptation and Tara FitzGerald in the 1996 miniseries. Helen Lawrence was born in 1802 (or in the first half of 1803) at Wildfell Hall. Rachel, later her maid and friend, takes care of infant Helen. Her mother dies when Helen is still too young to remember her. Immediately after that,"
"outsold Emily's ""Wuthering Heights"". However, the critical reception was mixed — praise for the novel's ""power"" and ""effect"" and sharp criticism for being ""coarse"". Charlotte Brontë herself, Anne's sister, wrote to her publisher that it ""hardly seems to me desirable to choice of subject in that work is a mistake."" After Anne's death, Charlotte prevented the novel's republication and thus condemned her sister to temporary oblivion. The master theme is the alcoholism of a man who causes the downfall of his family. Helen Graham, the central character, gets married for love to Arthur Huntingdon, whom she soon discovers to be"
"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) Helen is a novel by Maria Edgeworth (1767–1849). It was written in 1834, late in the writer's life. ""Helen"" tells the story of a young orphan, Helen Stanley, whose guardian, Dean Stanley, has squandered his fortune and left Helen without means of support. She is forced to take up residence with the local vicar, whose wife is astonished that none of the Stanleys' aristocratic friends have offered a refuge to her. Eventually, however, the Davenant family returns from abroad and invite Helen to their daughter's new home, Clarendon Park. (Cecilia Davenant has just married General Clarendon.) Helen journeys"
"Graham used are: Poldark Poldark is a series of historical novels by Winston Graham, published from 1945 to 1953 and continued from 1973 to 2002. The series comprises 12 novels: the first seven are set in the 18th century, concluding in Christmas 1799; the remaining five are concerned with the early years of the 19th century and the lives of the descendants of the previous novels' main characters. Graham wrote the first four ""Poldark"" books during the 1940s and 1950s. Following a long hiatus, he decided to resume the series and published ""The Black Moon"" in 1973. The main character,"
"1872. However, neither Blake Hall nor Thorpe Green, another house where Anne was employed as a governess, corresponds exactly with Grassdale. Linden-Car, the village that Wildfell Hall stands close to, is in Yorkshire. ""Car"" in northern dialect means pool, pond or low-lying and boggy ground. Lindenhope ""hope"" in Northeastern English means a small enclosed valley. The novel is divided into three volumes. Part One (Chapters 1 to 15): Gilbert Markham narrates how a mysterious widow, Mrs Helen Graham, arrives at Wildfell Hall, a nearby mansion. A source of curiosity for the small community, the reticent Mrs Graham and her young"
"published ""Varney the Vampire; or, the Feast of Blood"". Edgar Allan Poe published the poem ""Ulalume"". In 1848, William Makepeace Thackeray's novel, ""Vanity Fair"" was published. Elizabeth Gaskell published ""Mary Barton"". Anne Brontë published ""The Tenant of Wildfell Hall"". Grant Allen was born. Edgar Allan Poe published a book-length essay he called a prose poem: """". In 1849, both Anne Brontë and Edgar Allan Poe died. Poe's poems ""Annabel Lee"" and ""The Bells"" were published posthumously. Dostoyevski published ""Netochka Nezvanova"". The poet Emma Lazarus was born 22 July in New York City. Between 1849 and 1861, Charles Dickens' prolific creative"
"and ""Earth and High Heaven"" were reissued by Cormorant Books in 2004. Graham is the subject of a biography ""Gwethalyn Graham: a Liberated Woman in a Conventional Age"" by Barbara Meadowcroft (Toronto: Women's Press, 2008). Gwethalyn Graham Gwethalyn Graham (January 18, 1913 – November 25, 1965) was a Canadian writer and activist, whose 1944 novel ""Earth and High Heaven"" was the first Canadian book to reach number one on the New York Times Best Seller list. Graham won the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction twice, for her first novel ""Swiss Sonata"" in 1938, and for ""Earth and High Heaven"""
"the attention this novel attracted among the intellectual portion of the North, the following was a criticism from ""Gail Hamilton"" of New England:— In ""Henry James and the ""Woman Business"""" (2004), writer Alfred Habegger accuses Henry James of plagiarizing Crane's novels after her death and rewriting them under his own name. He believes that a scathing anonymous obituary was in fact written by James who had every reason, he contends, to want her forgotten:— Emily Chester Emily Chester was an American novel written by Anne Moncure Crane in 1864. It was published without a word of preface to give the"
"there were precursors in the 18th century, like ""Amelia"" by Henry Fielding (1751), ""Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams"" (1794) by William Godwin, ""The Adventures of Hugh Trevor"" (1794–1797) by Thomas Holcroft, and ""Nature and Art"" (1796) by Elizabeth Inchbald. However, whereas Inchbald laid responsibility for social problems with the depravity and corruption of individuals, Godwin, in ""Caleb Williams"", saw society's corruption as insurmountable. In England during the 1830s and 1840s the social novel ""arose out of the social and political upheavals which followed the Reform Act of 1832"". This was in many ways a reaction"
"earlier in Canada, that inspired his first book, ""All Falling Down"" (1951). The husband-and-wife team became famous for the Harry series of books, beginning with ""Harry the Dirty Dog"" (1956) and followed by ""No Roses for Harry!"" (1958), ""Harry and the Lady Next Door"" (1960) and ""Harry By the Sea"" (1965). The collaboration ended with their divorce in 1968. Graham received two Caldecott Honors, one for her work on ""All Falling Down"", the second for her work on ""The Storm Book"". Graham launched her own writing career around the time of the divorce with ""Be Nice to Spiders"" (1967). She"
"Helen Garner Helen Garner (née Ford, born 7 November 1942) is an Australian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. Garner's first novel, ""Monkey Grip"", published in 1977, immediately established her as an original voice on the Australian literary scene–it is now widely considered a classic. She has a reputation for incorporating and adapting her personal experiences in her fiction, something that has brought her widespread attention, particularly with her novels, ""Monkey Grip"" and ""The Spare Room"" (2008). Throughout her career, Garner has written both fiction and non-fiction. She attracted controversy with her book ""The First Stone"" (1995) about a sexual-harassment"
"America as she planned before, Helen, with help from her brother, Frederick, finds a secret refuge at Wildfell Hall. She lives there under an assumed name: Helen Graham (Graham is her mother's maiden name). There she meets Gilbert Markham, a young farmer who falls in love with her. When he begins to believe the filthy gossip that is spread about her, she gives him her diary. From it Gilbert learns than Helen is a runaway wife. Soon after this, Helen goes back to Grassdale Manor where she discovers that Huntingdon has fallen from his horse (in a state of inebriation)"
"Poldark Poldark is a series of historical novels by Winston Graham, published from 1945 to 1953 and continued from 1973 to 2002. The series comprises 12 novels: the first seven are set in the 18th century, concluding in Christmas 1799; the remaining five are concerned with the early years of the 19th century and the lives of the descendants of the previous novels' main characters. Graham wrote the first four ""Poldark"" books during the 1940s and 1950s. Following a long hiatus, he decided to resume the series and published ""The Black Moon"" in 1973. The main character, Ross Poldark, is"
"were successful as well, the ""Liberty Bell"" twice published works by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. ""The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim's Point"" was published in December 1847 for the 1848 edition, and ""A Curse for a Nation"" in December 1855 for the 1856 edition. Both of these works were later published in England as slightly different versions. Unlike the more customary practice of writing for pay with more commercial gift books, authors typically did not receive any compensation for their submissions to the publication aside from a copy of ""The Liberty Bell"" itself. Accounts differ as to the success and quality of"
"Helen Stuart Campbell Helen Stuart Campbell (pen names, Helen Weeks, Helen Campbell, Helen Wheaton; July 5, 1839 – July 22, 1918) was an author, editor, social and industrial reformer, as well as a pioneer in the field of home economics. Her ""Household Economics"" (1897) was an early textbook in the field of domestic science. Her first literary work was a series of stories for children, which appeared between 1864 and 1870 in ""Our Young Folks"" and ""The Riverside Magazine"", and in book form as the ""Ainslee Series""; then, in rapid succession, she published: ""His Grandmothers"" (1877); ""Six Sinners"" (1878); ""Unto"
"was a dismal failure, with only two copies being sold in the first year. Anne, however, found a market for her more recent poetry. The ""Leeds Intelligencer"" and ""Fraser's Magazine"" published her poem ""The Narrow Way"" under her pseudonym, Acton Bell in December 1848. Four months earlier, in August, Fraser's Magazine had published her poem ""The Three Guides"". Even before the fate of the book of poems became apparent, the sisters began work on their first novels. Charlotte wrote ""The Professor"", Emily ""Wuthering Heights"", and Anne ""Agnes Grey"". By July 1846, a package with the three manuscripts was making the"
"at 9 p. m. with ""Don't stay up late, Girls""!, then rewinding the clock and taking the stairs to his room upstairs. Charlotte's ""Jane Eyre"", Emily's ""Wuthering Heights"", and Anne's ""Agnes Grey"", appeared in 1847 after many tribulations, again for reasons of finding a publisher. The packets containing the manuscripts often returned to the parsonage and Charlotte simply added a new address and did this at least a dozen times during the year. The first one was finally published by Smith, Elder & Co in London, of which the 23-year-old owner George Smith had been specialised until then in publishing"
"as any hero in one of Scott's novels. In Anne Brontë's ""The Tenant of Wildfell Hall"" (1848) the narrator, Gilbert Markham, brings an elegantly bound copy of ""Marmion"" as a present to the independent ""tenant of Wildfell Hall"" (Helen Graham) whom he is courting, and is mortified when she insists on paying for it. In a speech delivered at Salem, Massachusetts, on 6 January 1860, to raise money for the families of the executed abolitionist John Brown and his followers, Ralph Waldo Emerson calls Brown an example of true chivalry, which consists not in noble birth but in helping the"
"It features his most memorable character, the engagingly roguish Becky Sharp. The Brontë sisters were other significant novelists in the 1840s and 1850s. Their novels caused a sensation when they were first published but were subsequently accepted as classics. They had written compulsively from early childhood and were first published, at their own expense in 1846 as poets under the pseudonyms Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell. The sisters returned to prose, producing a novel each the following year: Charlotte's ""Jane Eyre"", Emily's ""Wuthering Heights"" and Anne's ""Agnes Grey"". Later, Anne's ""The Tenant of Wildfell Hall"" (1848) and Charlotte's ""Villette"" (1853)"
"Mary Jane Holmes Mary Jane Holmes (April 5, 1825 – October 6, 1907) was an American author who published 39 novels, as well as short stories. Her first novel sold 250,000 copies; and she had total sales of 2 million books in her lifetime, second only to Harriet Beecher Stowe. Portraying domestic life in small-town and rural settings, she examined gender relationships, as well as those of class and race. She also dealt with slavery and the American Civil War with a strong sense of moral justice. Since the late 20th century, she has received fresh recognition and reappraisal, although"
"Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights, Emily Brontë's only novel, was published in 1847 under the pseudonym ""Ellis Bell"". It was written between October 1845 and June 1846. ""Wuthering Heights"" and Anne Brontë's ""Agnes Grey"" were accepted by publisher Thomas Newby before the success of their sister Charlotte's novel ""Jane Eyre"". After Emily's death, Charlotte edited the manuscript of ""Wuthering Heights"" and arranged for the edited version to be published as a posthumous second edition in 1850. Although ""Wuthering Heights"" is now a classic of English literature, contemporary reviews were deeply polarised; it was controversial because of its unusually stark depiction of"
"Helen Grant (author) Helen Grant (born 1964 in Westminster, London) is an English author of novels for young adults, now based in Crieff, Scotland. She was educated at Dr Challoner's High School and went on to read classics at St Hugh's College, Oxford. Her first novel, ""The Vanishing of Katharina Linden"", was published by Penguin Books in April 2009. It was shortlisted for the Booktrust Teenage Prize and the CILIP Carnegie Medal. Laura Wilson, writing for ""The Guardian"", called it ""an eerily subtle literary page-turner"" that doesn't contain anything ""remotely winsome or mawkish"". ""The Independent""'s Barry Forshaw praised the books"
"University. Graham's first novel ""The House with the Stained Glass Windows"" was published in 1934. His first Poldark novel ""Ross Poldark"" was published in 1945 and was succeeded by a series of eleven further titles, the last of which, ""Bella Poldark"", was published in 2002. The series was set in Cornwall, especially in and near Perranporth where Graham lived for more than three decades (1925–1960). Graham was also an accomplished author of suspense novels and, during the course of his life, wrote thirty-two novels (in addition to the twelve Poldark books). The 1941 spy thriller ""Night Journey"", set in Nazi-occupied"
"endocarditis and nephritis in 1918. Her remains were taken to Eliot. Helen Stuart Campbell Helen Stuart Campbell (pen names, Helen Weeks, Helen Campbell, Helen Wheaton; July 5, 1839 – July 22, 1918) was an author, editor, social and industrial reformer, as well as a pioneer in the field of home economics. Her ""Household Economics"" (1897) was an early textbook in the field of domestic science. Her first literary work was a series of stories for children, which appeared between 1864 and 1870 in ""Our Young Folks"" and ""The Riverside Magazine"", and in book form as the ""Ainslee Series""; then, in"
"(""Death's Chill Between"" and ""Heart's Chill Between""), which appeared in the ""Athenaeum"", in 1848 when she was 18. Under the pen-name ""Ellen Alleyne"", she contributed to the literary magazine, ""The Germ"", published by the Pre-Raphaelites from January to April 1850 and edited by her brother William. This marked the beginning of her public career. Her most famous collection, ""Goblin Market and Other Poems"", appeared in 1862, when she was 31. It received widespread critical praise, establishing her as the foremost female poet of the time. Hopkins, Swinburne and Tennyson lauded her work. and with the death of Elizabeth Barrett Browning"
"pseudonyms Currer, Ellis and Acton Bell. ""Poems"" was published by Aylott and Jones, but only two copies were sold. Charlotte's first attempt at writing a novel for publication, ""The Professor"", was rejected by several publishing houses, before Smith, Elder & Co. declined to accept it but were encouraging enough for Charlotte to send them her next work, ""Jane Eyre"". It was accepted and published on 19 October 1847. ""Wuthering Heights"" and ""Agnes Grey"" had been accepted by the London publisher, Thomas Cautley Newby and appeared as a three-volume set in December 1847. After Anne's second novel, ""The Tenant of Wildfell"
"21st century, who recognized her achievements and the value of her work. Mary Jane Holmes Mary Jane Holmes (April 5, 1825 – October 6, 1907) was an American author who published 39 novels, as well as short stories. Her first novel sold 250,000 copies; and she had total sales of 2 million books in her lifetime, second only to Harriet Beecher Stowe. Portraying domestic life in small-town and rural settings, she examined gender relationships, as well as those of class and race. She also dealt with slavery and the American Civil War with a strong sense of moral justice. Since"
"Emily and Mrs. Hammond have died, he returns to the United States. There, Helen (Emily's best friend) sends Kelroy the packet of letters to prove to him that Emily never quit loving him. The shock of this discovery so affects Kelroy that he borders on the edge of insanity. He decides to begin traveling again, and the ship he sails on sinks into the ocean three weeks after his departure. Kelroy Kelroy was published in 1812 by United States writer Rebecca Rush. Although the novel has been much admired by scholars of this period, the books did not receive much"
"Gwethalyn Graham Gwethalyn Graham (January 18, 1913 – November 25, 1965) was a Canadian writer and activist, whose 1944 novel ""Earth and High Heaven"" was the first Canadian book to reach number one on the New York Times Best Seller list. Graham won the Governor General's Award for English-language fiction twice, for her first novel ""Swiss Sonata"" in 1938, and for ""Earth and High Heaven"" in 1944. She was born Gwethalyn Graham Erichsen-Brown, to wealthy Toronto parents. Her father was a lawyer. At 19, she was a student at Smith College in Massachusetts, but dropped out and eloped with John"
"man with a depraved mind – fairly neutral about ""Agnes Grey"", more flattering in spite of certain commentators denouncing it as an affront to morals and good mores, for ""Jane Eyre"" which soon became what would be called today a best-seller. The pseudonymous (Currer Bell) publication in 1847 of ""Jane Eyre, An Autobiography"", established a dazzling reputation for Charlotte. In July 1848, Charlotte and Anne (Emily had refused to go along with them) travelled by train to London to prove to Smith, Elder & Co. that each sister was indeed an independent author, for Thomas Cautley Newby, the publisher of"
"Helen Bannerman Helen Brodie Cowan Bannerman (""née"" Watson; 25 February 1862 in Edinburgh – 13 October 1946 in Edinburgh), was a Scottish author of children's books. She is best known for her first book, ""Little Black Sambo"" (1899). Bannerman was born at 35 Royal Terrace Edinburgh. She was the eldest daughter and fourth child of seven children of Robert Boog Watson (1823-1910), minister of the Free Church of Scotland and malacologist, and his wife Janet (1831-1912), daughter of Helen Brodie and the papermaker and philanthropist Alexander Cowan. Because women were not admitted into British universities, she sat external examinations set"
"the house, enlarged it in 1854, and later changed the name to Ashcliff. At Bonchurch, she was an acquaintance of William Adams, another High Church author of religious works. In 1844, Elizabeth Sewell published ""Amy Herbert"", a tale for girls, embodying Anglican views. It has been many times reprinted and has enjoyed great success both in England and in America. In 1846 there followed two of the three parts of ""Laneton Parsonage"", a tale for children on the practical use of a portion of the Church Catechism. She interrupted her work on this book to publish ""Margaret Perceval"" (1847), in"