Thrushcross Grange
Wuthering Heights
Gentry (Landowners)
Yeomen (Respectable Farmers)
Capitalists (Industrialists)
Mr. Linton
Mrs. Linton
Mrs. Earnshaw
Mr. Earnshaw
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The father of Hindley and Catherine,
Adopted Heathcliff,
Favored Heathcliff
The Mother of Hindley and Catherine
Edgar and Isabella's father,
Owner of Thrushcross Grange.
Mother of Edgar and Isabella,
Teaches Catherine to be a lady after she is hurt and has to stay with the Lintons.
Mr. Heathcliff
Orphan found at Liverpool and adopted by Mr. Earnshaw,
Develops an unbreakable bond with Catherine,
Doesn't like Edgar Linton
Marries Isabella Linton,
Father of Linton Heathcliff
Edgar
Isabella
Catherine Earnshaw
Frances
Hindley
Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Linton,
Edgar Linton's sister,
fall in love with Heathcliff when he comes back after 3 years,
Mother of Linton Heathcliff
The son of Mr. and Mrs. Linton,
Isabella's brother,
Marries Catherine,
Father of Cathy Linton
Hindley's wife,
Hareton's mother, dies soon after giving birth, very thin and frail with sparkling eyes.
Hindley's younger biological sister ,
Likes Heathcliff more than Hindley and grows close to him,
After her stay with the Lintons she transforms and ends up marrying Edgar Linton. Still loves Heathcliff.
Son of Mr. Earnshaw,
Takes charge of Wuthering Heights after his father's death,
Demoted Heathcliff to a lower class
Linton Heathcliff
Cathy Linton
Hareton
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Son of Mr. Heathcliff and Isabella,
Character very similar to his father's.
Marries Cathy Linton,
dies shortly after.
The son of Hindley and Frances,
After his mother's death he was left to the care of "Nelly".
Daughter of Catherine and Edgar Linton,
very stubborn and disgruntled.
Love
Marriage
Family Relations
Mr. Lockwood
Ellen "Nelly" Dean
Also narrator of the story,
Nelly Dean is his housekeeper,
Tenant of Thrushcross Grange.
Joseph
Old religious man serving at Wuthering Heights
Spiritual sister to Heathcliff, Hindley, and Catherine,
Former Servant at Wuthering Heights but follows Catherine to Thrushcross Grange,
Narrator of the story.
Dr. Kenneth
Local parish doctor who tends to Mr. Earnshaw and Catherine when they were ill,
helps deliver Hareton, Cathy Linton and Linton Heathcliff.