" That protagonist puts tartar-emetic in her son's wine in order to condition that character to dislike alcohol and avoid being like his father.
The protagonist of this novel is rescued from the unwanted courtship of Mr. Wilmot by another character who takes her to see a Van Dyck painting. The servant Benson aids the main character after her spouse orders the disposal of her painting supplies. Ralph Hattersley reforms himself by this novel's end and becomes a renowned horse breeder and a loving husband to Millicent. Early in this work, the protagonist is courted by a man of at least forty that she refers to as "Bore'em." That protagonist puts tartar-emetic in her son's wine in order to condition that character to dislike alcohol and avoid being like his father. This novel begins as a letter to (*) Jack Halford, and the writer of that letter, Gilbert Markham, mistakenly believed that his love interest married Mr. Hargrave, but discovers that the protagonist's brother Lawrence had married Esther Hargrave. For 10 points, name this novel in which Helen Graham is the titular denizen of the titular place, a work of Anne Brontë.
The protagonist of this novel is rescued from the unwanted courtship of Mr. Wilmot by another character who takes her to see a Van Dyck painting.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall