Saturday, August 20, 2016

My End-of-The-Book Summary of Wuthering Heights

This story takes place between two households, Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange.  Mr. Earnshaw, the late master of Wuthering Heights, was traveling home when he saw Heathcliff and decided to adopt him.  Earnshaw's two other kids, Catherine and Hindley, resented him; however, Catherine soon warmed up to him and fell in love while Hindley still disliked him.  After exploring in Thrushcross Grange, Catherine met the Linton children, Edgar and Isabella.  Edgar began to have feelings for Catherine and since he was wealthy, she decided to marry him even though she had feelings for Heathcliff.  Heathcliff was troubled by this and left Wuthering Heights.  He returned very rich and out for revenge.  To seek revenge on Edgar, he married Isabella and moved her from Thrushcross Grange to Wuthering Heights.  Sadly, Catherine died while giving birth to her daughter Cathy, and Edgar and Heathcliff were both deeply saddened.  Isabella decided to escape Heathcliff and move outside the town where she delivered Heathcliff's baby which she named Linton.  Twelve years later, Isabella died and Linton was moved in with his uncle Edgar; however, Heathcliff soon came to claim his son.  Heathcliff then devised a plan to marry Linton and Cathy, so that he would own Thrushcross Grange.  He kept Cathy hostage until she married Linton and her father, Edgar, died.  After this, Cathy was moved to Wuthering Heights to suffer under Heathcliff's reign.  Soon after, her husband, Linton, died and after receiving no pity or help from the other house members, she grew to resent them all.  This was until she began to form a relationship with Hindley's son, Hareton.  Heathcliff grew sick of this relationship for it reminded him of Cathy so he refused to eat or drink and he later died.  At the end of the story, Hareton and Cathy married and they lived "happily ever after".  

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