Wuthering Heights Notes

Mr. Lockwood rents Thrushcross Grange from Mr. Heathcliff.
Wuthering Heights is described as a windswept house on a hill.
Lockwood's initial visit is unwelcoming due to Heathcliff's demeanor and the fierce dogs.

Lockwood sleeps in a room that belonged to Catherine Earnshaw and finds her diary from 1776.
He has a nightmare involving Catherine Linton's ghost, who wants to enter the room.
Heathcliff reacts strongly to Lockwood's dream, revealing his obsession with Catherine.

Mr. Earnshaw brings Heathcliff, a gipsy child, home from Liverpool.
Catherine and Heathcliff become close, while Hindley is cruel to Heathcliff.
Mr. Earnshaw favors Heathcliff, causing conflict with Hindley.
After Mr. Earnshaw dies in 1775, Hindley becomes the master and treats Heathcliff poorly.

Catherine is injured at Thrushcross Grange and stays with the Linton family for five weeks.
Catherine's manners and appearance improve, leading to a separation between her and Heathcliff.
At Christmas, Edgar and Isabella Linton visit Wuthering Heights, causing jealousy and conflict.

Hindley's wife, Frances, dies after giving birth to Hareton.
Catherine leads a double life, behaving wildly at Wuthering Heights and calmly at Thrushcross Grange.
Edgar Linton falls in love with Catherine.
Catherine scratches Ellen's arm, and a quarrel erupts, leading Edgar to leave temporarily.

Hindley is cruel and aggressive, endangering his son Hareton.
Catherine accepts Edgar Linton's marriage proposal but admits to Ellen that she cannot live apart from Heathcliff because they are soulmates.
Heathcliff overhears Catherine saying she cannot marry him because of his social status and disappears.
Catherine becomes ill, and after recovery, she marries Edgar Linton three years later. Ellen Dean moves with her to Thrushcross Grange.

Catherine argues with Heathcliff about Isabella and locks Edgar and Heathcliff in the kitchen together.
Edgar and Heathcliff fight. Heathcliff leaves.
Catherine becomes ill, leading to emotional turmoil and instability.
Edgar demands that Catherine choose between him and Heathcliff.

Isabella runs away with Heathcliff.
Isabella writes a letter to Ellen, detailing the horrors of living at Wuthering Heights.
Ellen visits Isabella at Wuthering Heights and recognizes Isabella is unhappy.
Ellen agrees to facilitate a meeting between Heathcliff and Catherine.

Heathcliff and Catherine meet for the last time, expressing their deep love and suffering.
Edgar discovers them together, and Heathcliff leaves.
Catherine gives birth to a daughter, Cathy, and dies two hours later.
Heathcliff is distraught and begs Catherine's ghost to haunt him.

Isabella escapes from Wuthering Heights. She throws her wedding ring into the fire.
Isabella tells Ellen about the events from the night of Catherine’s funeral.
Isabella flees to London and gives birth to Heathcliff's son, Linton.
Six months after Catherine’s death, Hindley dies and Heathcliff gains control of Wuthering Heights, reducing Hareton to a servant.

Mr. Edgar protects Cathy from the outside world, keeping her at Thrushcross Grange.
Isabella dies and Mr. Edgar goes to London to fetch the young Linton. After, he returns with his young nephew.
Cathy is curious about life beyond the Grange.
Linton is taken to Wuthering Heights, leaving Cathy alone.

Mr. Edgar asks Ellen about Linton’s character. He wants to make sure that Cathy is taken care of and in good hands, even after his passing.
Cathy and Ellen meet Linton on the moors. Heathcliff is also there, but he does not make a good impression on them.
Heathcliff tricks Cathy and Ellen into entering Wuthering Heights.
Heathcliff forces Catherine and Linton to marry to seal his control over Thrushcross Grange and to secure his hold of their fortune.