Wuthering Heights (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Emily Brontë
- First Published: 1847
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Romance
- Time of Work: The late eighteenth century
- Setting: The West Yorkshire moors
- Principal Characters: Mr. Lockwood, Nelly Dean, Heathcliff, Catherine Earnshaw, Hindley Earnshaw, Edgar Linton, Isabella Linton, Catherine Linton, Linton Heathcliff, Hareton Earnshaw, Joseph
- 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
Form and Content
Wuthering Heights is a story of passionate love that encompasses two generations of two families, the Earnshaws and the Lintons. It is a framed tale narrated by two different characters, one with intimate knowledge of the families (Nelly Dean) and one unacquainted with their history. The first narrator is the stranger, Mr. Lockwood. A wealthy, educated man, Lockwood has chosen to rent a house in the isolated moors, saying that he has wearied of society. Yet his actions belie his words: He pursues a friendship with Heathcliff despite the latter’s...
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