Knowra Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel follows two generations of the Earnshaw and Linton families, tracing destructive passion, revenge, and inheritance on the Yorkshire moors.
Frame narrative : A story structure in which one or more characters recount an embedded narrative. Lockwood’s visit frames Nelly Dean’s account of the families’ past.
Revenge tragedy : A dramatic or narrative form in which vengeance motivates escalating conflict and suffering. Heathcliff turns old injuries into a deliberate campaign against both families.
Emily Brontë : English novelist and poet whose only novel, Wuthering Heights, appeared in 1847. She created the novel and published it under the name Ellis Bell.
Jane Eyre : Charlotte Brontë’s 1847 novel about an orphan’s education, love, and independence. Its first-person heroine offers a contrasting account of passion, morality, and self-determination.
Thrushcross Grange : The Linton family’s prosperous estate in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. Its comfort and social polish oppose the exposed severity of Wuthering Heights.
Unreliable narrator : A narrator whose account is limited, biased, mistaken, or otherwise open to doubt. Nelly’s judgments and Lockwood’s misunderstandings mediate events rather than providing an impartial record.
Primogeniture : A rule or custom that gives inheritance priority to the eldest child, traditionally a son. Inheritance customs help explain the vulnerability of women and younger heirs in the novel.
Charlotte Brontë : English novelist and poet, author of Jane Eyre and sister of Emily Brontë. She wrote a preface for the novel’s 1850 edition and helped shape its posthumous reception.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall : Anne Brontë’s 1848 novel about a woman who leaves an abusive marriage. It addresses domestic abuse more directly through a heroine’s escape and testimony.
Wuthering Heights (house) : The Earnshaw family’s remote farmhouse in Emily Brontë’s novel. The house embodies the family’s turbulent history and Heathcliff’s eventual domination.
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