Wuthering Heights (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Emily Brontë
- First Published: 1847
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Love
- Time of Work: 1757-1803
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Impressionistic literature
- Subjects: Family or family life, Memory, Changelings or cuckoos, Class conflict, Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Abused persons, Gender roles, Nature, Marriage, Rural or country life, Friendship, Antiheroes, Child abuse, Emotions, Obsession, England or English people, Eighteenth century, Death or dying, Revenge, Lifestyles, Cruelty, Orphans or orphanages, Romanticism
- Locales: Yorkshire, England
Places Discussed
*Yorkshire. Region comprising three English counties—North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, and South Yorkshire—in northern central England. The properties of Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange are located in this region of Yorkshire’s lonely, wild, and sparsely populated moors. The moors are characterized by spacious, open grassland and the heather that grows abundantly throughout the region.
Wuthering Heights. Estate of the Earnshaw family located on England’s Yorkshire moors. Wuthering Heights is described by Mr. Lockwood, a tenant at...
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