Wuthering Heights | Chapters 20 and 21 Summary and Analysis

Summary
Edgar warns Nelly not to let Cathy know that Linton will be living at the Heights; he fears she will insist on visiting him and thus meet Heathcliff.

Linton is perplexed as to why he has to move to the Heights, since he has never heard of his father, and asks Nelly why he has not seen him before. Nelly quickly invents a tale that Heathcliff was too busy to visit, and Isabella never mentioned him to Linton because she didn’t want him to miss his father.

Heathcliff and Linton meet. Rudely, Heathcliff insults Isabella for not...


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