#mrs markham

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Photo stills of Markham family in "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" 1996 version.

Clockwise from center in first picture: Pam Ferris (Mrs. Markham), Paloma Baeza (Rose Markham), Joe Absolom (Fergus Markham) and Toby Stephens (Gilbert Markham)

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“Then you must fall each into your proper place. You’ll do your business, and she, if she’s worthy of you, will do hers; but it’s your business to please yourself, and hers to please you. I’m sure your poor, dear father was as good a husband as ever lived, and after the first six months or so were over, I should as soon have expected him to fly, as to put himself out of his way to pleasure me. He always said I was a good wife, and did my duty; and he always did his—bless him!—he was steady and punctual, seldom found fault without a reason, always did justice to my good dinners, and hardly ever spoiled my cookery by delay—and that’s as much as any woman can expect of any man.”

Anne Brontë - The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

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The Markham family from "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" 1996 version.