Arthur Huntingdon

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Arthur Huntingdon is the selfish, alcoholic husband whose abusive behavior drives the heroine to flee in Anne Brontë’s novel "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" and its 1996 TV adaptation.

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literary character
television character
appearsIn The Tenant of Wildfell Hall NERFINISHED
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996 TV adaptation) NERFINISHED
appearsInAdaptation The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (BBC, 1996) NERFINISHED
basedOnWork The Tenant of Wildfell Hall NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath illness related to dissipation
causes Helen’s decision to flee her marriage
characterTrait abusive
alcoholic
debauched
selfish
unfaithful
createdBy Anne Brontë NERFINISHED
fictionalUniverse The Tenant of Wildfell Hall universe
firstAppearance The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848) NERFINISHED
genreOfWork Victorian novel
hasChild Arthur Huntingdon Jr. NERFINISHED
hasRole antagonist
narrativeRole abusive husband
nationality English
notableAction corrupts his young son with alcohol
encourages drinking and vice among his friends
engages in adultery
occupation landed gentleman
portrayedBy Toby Stephens NERFINISHED
relationship friend of Hargrave
friend of Lord Lowborough
friend of Ralph Hattersley
setInPeriod early 19th-century England
spouse Helen Graham NERFINISHED
Helen Huntingdon NERFINISHED
themeAssociated alcoholism
marital abuse
moral corruption
women’s rights in marriage
yearOfWorkPublication 1848

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