Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights,the book of

Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights,the book of Emily Brontë is her only published novel printed in 1847,under the pseudonym Ellis Bell.

Summary:

Mr Earnshow,the owner of the manor Wuthering Heights,has two children:Hindley and Catherine.

One day,coming back from a journey,he brings back an orphan:Heathcliff.

Hindley finds himself robbed of his father's affection and becomes jealous of Heathcliff. However, Catherine grows very attached to him. Soon, the two children spend hours on the moor together.

Sent to college,Hindley marries a woman named Frances and returns three years later, after Mr. Earnshaw dies. He becomes master of Wuthering Heights, and forces Heathcliff to become a servant instead of a member of the family.

Three months after Hareton Earnshaw's birth,Frances dies,leaving Hindley,mad with grief, more embittered than ever.

Catherine finally marries a wealthy man:Edgar Linton,convinced that he would consider Heathcliff like a brother,and save him from Hindley's anger.

But Heathcliff doesn't understand,and runs away,offended by the announcement of their wedding.

A fiew years after Catherine wedding,Heathcliff comes back,enriched,meets Catherine,and confesses they have always loved one another.Soon after,Catherine dies after has given birth to Catherine,also called Cathy,Edgar's daughter.

Desperate,Heathcliff takes his revenge on Edgar and Hindley.

He ruins Hindley with games of money,becomes the owner of Wuthering Heights.He seduces Isabelle Linton,Edgar's sister,flees with her and marries her.They have a son together named Linton Heathcliff.

16 years later,Edgar dies,leaving Catherine Linton as only heiress.Heathcliff does his best to make her fall in love with his son and attracts her to Wuthering Heights.He forces her to marry his son under duress.Heathcliff appropriates Cathy's assets.Few months later Linton Heathcliff dies.

Cathy and Hindley's son,Hareton fall in love together.

Cathy and Hareton look so much like Catherine that Heathcliff is incapable to carry his revenge on.

He  acts more and more strangely,locks himself in his room,stops feeding himself,and finally dies.

In 1802,Cathy and Hareton are going to marry,when a young tramp comes,horrified,saying he saw Heathcliff and a woman walking on the moor...

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