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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Arthur Huntingdon canonical 3
Arthur Huntingdon Jr. 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
television character
appearsIn The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1996 TV adaptation)
appearsInAdaptation The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (BBC, 1996)
basedOnWork The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
causeOfDeath illness related to dissipation
causes Helen’s decision to flee her marriage
characterTrait abusive
alcoholic
debauched
selfish
unfaithful
createdBy Anne Brontë
fictionalUniverse The Tenant of Wildfell Hall universe
firstAppearance The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848)
genreOfWork Victorian novel
hasChild Arthur Huntingdon Jr.
linked to: Arthur Huntingdon
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
relationship friend of Hargrave
friend of Lord Lowborough
friend of Ralph Hattersley
setInPeriod early 19th-century England
spouse Helen Graham
Helen Huntingdon
themeAssociated alcoholism
marital abuse
moral corruption
women’s rights in marriage
yearOfWorkPublication 1848

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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall mainCharacter Arthur Huntingdon
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall mainCharacter Arthur Huntingdon Jr.
linked to: Arthur Huntingdon
Arthur Huntingdon hasChild Arthur Huntingdon Jr.
linked to: Arthur Huntingdon
Helen Graham spouseInFiction Arthur Huntingdon
Helen Graham hasChild Arthur Huntingdon Jr.
linked to: Arthur Huntingdon