Monday, January 30, 2012

Wuthering Heights

Below you'll find a summary of Wuthering Heights divided into the different story arcs involving different sets of characters. Of course there is so much more contained within the pages of Wuthering Heights, but this is probably as thorough a summary as we'd discuss in book club. For a complete list of the characters and their relationship to one another, visit this post. This summary will include plot spoilers.

Tuesday, January 24, 2012

wuthering heights: cast of characters

Mr. Earnshaw lives in Wuthering Heights with his wife and two children, Hindley and Catherine. Hindley is eight years older than Catherine. Ellen Dean (a.k.a. Nelly) is born the same year as Hindley and she works for the Earnshaws. Mr. Earnshaw adopts Heathcliff after finding him alone along the road back to his house. He doesn't know how old he is, but he is close in age to Catherine and they become friends. 

Mr. Linton and Mrs. Linton live in Thrushcross Grange and have two children, Edgar and Isabella who are close in age to Catherine and Heathcliff. (Spoilers after the break.)