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Heathcliff is a fictional character in Emily Brontë's 1847 novel Wuthering Heights. [1] Owing to the novel's enduring fame and popularity, he is often regarded as an archetype of the tortured antihero whose all-consuming rage, jealousy and anger destroy both him and those around him; in short, the Byronic hero.
Wuthering Heights is the only novel by the English author Emily Brontë, initially published in 1847 under her pen name "Ellis Bell". It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their turbulent relationships with the Earnshaws' foster son, Heathcliff.
This is the lens through which Heathcliff is presented to us, and from this we must extrapolate the truth. For instance, without a doubt, Heathcliff suffered prolonged and severe child abuse at the hands of members of the Earnshaw household. Or that Heathcliff did not 'swindle' Hindley out of Wuthering Heights, but instead purchased it.
In the sequel, Eclipse, several direct quotes from Wuthering Heights are used purportedly to compare Bella's relationships with Edward Cullen and Jacob Black to Catherine's relationships with Heathcliff and Edgar. In Kiran Desai's second novel, The Inheritance of Loss, Sai reads Wuthering Heights several times during the Ghurkha insurgency.
First published in 1847 under the pseudonym of Ellis Bell, the Gothic-infused Wuthering Heights chronicles the soul-ripping bond between wealthy Catherine Earnshaw and foundling-turned-gentleman ...
Cathy and Hindley are born and raised at Wuthering Heights. The siblings are later joined by the foundling Mr. Earnshaw comes across in Liverpool and later names Heathcliff, after a son he and Mrs. Earnshaw lost in childbirth. Heathcliff and Hindley develop a rivalry, and Catherine and Heathcliff develop a close bond, as they are both wild and ...
At the heart of the story is the passionate romance between an orphan adopted by Mr. Earnshaw named Heathcliff and Mr. Earnshaw’s daughter, Catherine. Though forbidden, their love was quite ...
Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights is a 1992 historical film adaptation of Emily Brontë's 1847 novel Wuthering Heights directed by Peter Kosminsky. It marked Ralph Fiennes's film debut. This particular film is notable for including the oft-omitted second generation story of the children of Cathy, Hindley and Heathcliff. [1]