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u5100
u5100
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How did Mrs. Linton die?

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Posted by u5100 on Wednesday August 12, 2009 at 11:45 PM and tagged with chapter 9, mrs linton, wuthering heights.

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  1. accessteacher
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    In Chapter 9 we see the climax of the relationship between Cathy and Heathcliff up to this point. Having overheard Cathy say that to marry Heathcliff would degrade her, Heathcliff leaves the moors. Cathy, finding out that Heathcliff has left, rushes out into the storm sobbing and trying to find Heathcliff. She contracts a fever and is taken in to Thrushcross Grange to be cared for by the Lintons. She recovers after a while, but not before she has passed on her fever to Mr and Mrs Linton, who both die of it, leaving Edgar to inherit Thrushcross Grange.

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    Posted by accessteacher on Thursday August 13, 2009 at 1:48 PM