Wuthering Heights (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Emily Brontë
- First Published: 1847
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Love
- Time of Work: 1757-1803
- Setting: The moors of northern England
- Principal Characters: Mr. Earnshaw, Catherine, Hindley, Heathcliff, Mr. Linton, Mrs. Linton, Isabella, Edgar, Frances Earnshaw, Hareton Earnshaw, Catherine Linton, Linton Heathcliff, Ellen “Nelly” Dean, Mr. Lockwood
- 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
The Story:
In 1801, Mr. Lockwood became a tenant at Thrushcross Grange, an old farm owned by a Mr. Heathcliff of Wuthering Heights. In the early days of his tenancy, he made two calls on his landlord. On his first visit, he met Heathcliff, an abrupt, unsocial man who was surrounded by a pack of snarling, barking dogs. When he went to Wuthering Heights a second time, he met the other members of the strange household: a rude, unkempt but handsome young man named Hareton Earnshaw and a pretty young woman who was the widow of Heathcliff’s son.
During his visit, snow began...
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