Wuthering Height

Wuthering Heights is een roman van Emily Brontë die voor het eerst werd gepubliceerd in 1847.

The story began with a man named Lockwood who visited the home of his landlord, Heathcliff, to rent the house called Thrushcross Grange. Heathcliff lived in a house called Wuthering Heights, about four miles away from Thrushcross Grange. Wuthering Heights and everything inside of it brought a big curiosity for Lockwood so he asked Nelly Dean, a servant in Thrushcross Grange who used to be servant in Wuthering Heights, to tell the story. Nelly told the story and jumped into the past. Nelly started to work as a servant in Mr. Earnshaw (the owner of the Wuthering Heights) as a young girl.

One day, Mr. Earnshaw had a trip to Liverpool and brought home an orphan named Heathcliff. Mr. Earnshaw took care of Heathcliff and raised him with his own children, Hindley and Catherine. Catherine loved him, but Hindley did not like him because of his jealousy toward Heathcliff for what his father had done to him. After Mrs. Earnshaw died, Mr.Earnshaw sent Hindley away to college in order to make Heathcliff safe from Hindley. He kept Heathcliff nearby and became his favourite son. A few moments later, Mr. Earnshaw died and Hindley returned back to Wuthering Heights with his wife, Frances. Having gone a long time for college did not change Hindley's cruelty toward Heathcliff. Hindley decided to make Heathcliff '5 life miserable and treated him as a servant. On the other side, Catherine and Heathcliff became closer.

One night, Catherine and Heathcliff played and wandered to Thruscross Grange. There lived Linton family. Suddenly, Catherine was bitten by a dog and she was forced to stay in Thruscross Grange by Mrs. Linton for five weeks. Catherine became closer with Edgar Linton, the son of Mrs Linton and her relationship with Heathcliff became more complicated. Frances dies after giving birth to a son, Hareton. Hindley becomes an alcoholic because of his wife's death and also becomes more abusive toward Heathcliff.