Summary

Lockwood is the narrator of the story and the reader follows him during his encounter with Heathcliff and his forced stay at the manor Wuthering Heights. There, he meets the ghost Catherine Linton who foreshadows the coming story. Once home at Thrushcross Grange, Lockwood inquires Nelly, his housekeeper, about Heathcliff and the mysteries surrounding him. Through a series of diary entries, Lockwood dictates what he heard from Nelly who is remembering from her childhood.
It began with Mr. Earnshaw who had brought an orphaned boy called Healthcliff to raise with his children Hindley and Catherine. Catherine and Heathcliff become close, but there remains animosity between Hindley and Heathcliff. Their father figure, also, comes to prefer Heathcliff. Under these conditions, Heathcliff is bullied by Hindley, which breeds ill in both as Heathcliff becomes bitter towards Hindley and Hindley is punished by his father.
Cathy & Heathcliff come to make friends with the Linton......

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Title: Wuthering Heights
Approximate Word Count: 1452
Approximate Pages: 6 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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