Tenant of Wildfell Hall quotes Flashcards
Markham recieves Helen’s diary
‘hurried home, […] provided myself with a candle, though it was scarcely twilight yet then, shut and bolted the door’
Markham tells reader he’ll give them the diary
‘you shall have the whole’
How long is the Helen’s diary section?
28 chapters
Helen’s first description of Markham
‘fine gentleman and beau of the parish’
Helen’s diary ends and Markham describes
‘Here it ended. The rest was torn away’
Markham addresses recipient of letter including diary
‘Well, Halford, what do you think of all this?’
Helen’s first description of Mr Huntingon
‘light phaeton […] bowling merrily up the lawn’
‘sprang out […] and disappeared into the house’
Helen loves walking
‘quiet ramble, in company with my own blissful thoughts’
Helen observes a bird
‘red-breast’ ‘heart overflowed with silent hymns of gratitude and praise to heaven’
Helen laments husband’s absence and the days he misses
‘another lovely day is lost to him and me’
Helen’s thoughts on London
‘corruptions and temptations’
Helen thinks of Huntingdon in Scotland
‘engaged in active sports among the wild hills of Scotland’
Helen sees Huntingdon and Lady Lowborough
‘the moon shining full upon them from between the branches of the tree that sheltered me’
Helen escapes Grassdale
‘no wreath of smoke obscured the stars that sparkled above it’
Helen describes first morning at Wildfell Hall
‘splendid morning’
