Wuthering Heights

Locations & Family Tree

Gimmerton Valley near Thrushcross Park

Looking from the Valley toward the Moors

Photographs are of Wycoller Valley, near Colne, west of Haworth.

Maps of Wuthering Heights and Surrounding Areas

• http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=111811052051951249860.00043456f50a0204ad5d4&z=10&om=1

Two Households… Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights… another view

The Entire Estate

Thrushcross Grange

Inspirations for Thrushcross Grange

• Shibden Hall near Halifax

Framework Story

• A story within a story

• The outer story or frame creates the occasion for telling the inner, larger story

Lockwood tells the story- 1801, Nelly also narrates

Inner story- Flashback to previous generations

Outer story

Novel Structure

• Chinese Box narration / plot structure- creates a puzzle to be figured out

• Wuthering Heights is a flashback (in large part), that continues into the present for approximately a year beyond the point where the novel begins.

Mr. Earnshaw

? -1777

Mr. Linton? -1780

Mrs. Earnshaw

? -1773

Mrs. Linton? -1780

Francis1760 -1778

Catherine Earnshaw

1768 -1784

Isabella Linton1765 -1797

Cathy Linton1784 -

Hindley Earnshaw

1757 -1784

Edgar Linton1762 -1801

Heathcliff1764 -1802

Hareton Earnshaw

1778 -

Linton Heathcliff

1784 -1801

Keep In Mind…

• Keep track of dates and how the story progresses.

• Keep track of who is speaking. This will help you keep your reading organized.

• Keep track of whether or not the story is flashback mode or not.

• It is not necessary to understand all of Joseph’s dialogue, but you need to keep in mind his characterization and the meaning behind what he says.

Work Cited

• The Reader’s Guide to Emily Jane Brontë’s Wuthering Heights

• http://www.wuthering-heights.co.uk/index.htm

• Date Accessed: 27 February 2008