 Hello friends, welcome to ArpitaKarwa.com India's finest online coaching for English literature. Now today we'll understand the story of one of the most famous classic novels, Withering Heights, written by Emily Bront. Now it's a Gothic novel, written in Victorian period precisely in 1847. The plot is set in late 18th and 19th century England. If we talk about the point of view, there is nothing fixed. Different characters are telling the story at different points of time. Apart from this, in this novel you will find romanticism, realism, secrets, wild landscapes and a lot of different interesting elements. And friends, in this novel the hero he is driven by passion and revenge. It adds a new dimension to the concept of suffering. And in this work Emily Bront also creates a fictional place called Eggdon Heath. Now friends, let us discuss the major characters of the novel before we dive into the story. Now first we have Mr. Lockwood. He is the tenant at Thrush Cross Grange. Second is Edgar Linden, who is the original owner of Thrush Cross Grange. And Isabella Linton, she is Edgar's sister. Mr. Earnshaw, original owner of Withering Heights. Hindley, he is Mr. Earnshaw's son. Herton is Hindley's son. Catherine, Mr. Earnshaw's daughter. Heathcliff, he is the current owner of the Thrush Cross Grange and Mr. Earnshaw's adopted son. Then Cathy, Edgar and Catherine's daughter. Linton is Heathcliff and Isabella's son. And Nelly is the housekeeper at Withering Heights. So a lot of complicated names and a lot of, you know, interconnections. So what do you do? You just give it some time and try to understand each person's connection. See in the storyboard, we have also divided it into two parts. The Thrush Cross Grange and Withering Heights for your understanding and who is where and how they are cross connected also. It's better if you photographically try to memorize this storyboard. It'll be always easier. Now once you have, you know, got a grasp of the characters, let's get into the story. So friends, the story starts with a gentleman named Mr. Lockwood. He has come to live at a place called Thrush Cross Grange on rental basis. So basic, you have to understand that after two places, Thrush Cross Grange and Withering Heights, these are the two places about which there'll be a regular mention. Now some people are staying in Thrush Cross Grange, some people are staying in Withering Heights. So this will keep happening. So just get those names clear for the two places first and then who lives where with the flow of the story. Now the name of Mr. Lockwood's landlord is Mr. Heathcliff. The landlord lives nearby in a place called Withering Heights. So his owner, the landlord, he lives in Withering Heights and the place where he rents, that is Thrush Cross Grange and who's that person? Mr. Heathcliff. Now Mr. Lockwood visits Mr. Heathcliff in Withering Heights twice. The first time he goes to meet his landlord, Mr. Heathcliff gives him a cold shoulder and does not nicely talk to him. And the second time Mr. Lockwood visits his landlord, the landlord's dog tried to attack him. So Mr. Lockwood gets scared and what does someone do when they are scared? They run away. So he also tries to run from Withering Heights but exactly then he sees some ghostly apparitions in Withering Heights. Now Mr. Lockwood is scared but he's also very curious. So there's a housekeeper who's working for Mr. Heathcliff. Her name is Nelly and Mr. Lockwood asks Nelly to tell him about the past of the house and Withering Heights. So he wants to inquire about Withering Heights basically. With this the main story of Withering Heights starts. Now listen very carefully because what we are going to discuss is the story which is told by Nelly to Mr. Lockwood. Now she tells him that there used to be two families, Earnshaw family and Linton family. Nelly first describes the Earnshaw family. The family was headed by Mr. Earnshaw, a gentleman. He was the owner of Withering Heights. He had two children, a boy named Hindley and a girl named Catherine. Mr. Earnshaw adopted a third child. His name was Heathcliff. Now the biological son of Mr. Earnshaw that is Hindley was very jealous of Heathcliff. Now you must be thinking why this jealousy because Mr. Earnshaw and Catherine used to love Heathcliff a lot. Understanding the jealousy, Hindley had for Heathcliff Mr. Earnshaw sent Hindley away to study. So after Hindley was gone, Catherine and Heathcliff they were still staying together and getting to know each other and they were getting close to each other. So I hope it's clear we have spoken about one family that is Earnshaw family in which husband wife and there were two children, a boy and a girl and an adopted son. Who is Mr. Heathcliff who is our present owner Thrush cross Grinchka. I hope I'm making sense. Now what happens Mr. Earnshaw passed away. Now after his father's death, Hindley came back and he came back with his wife. So after he came back, he started taking control of his father's property including Withering Heights. Though he came back after a lot of years, his anger and jealousy for Heathcliff was still the same. So since Hindley had powers because his father was dead and he had all the control, what he did was he stopped the education of Heathcliff and started treating him like a servant. After a while, Hindley's wife gave birth to a boy. However, Hindley's wife died during childbirth. So Hindley named the boy Hatterton. He will have a role later but for now we can keep the character away. Just remember that Hatterton is Hindley's son. After the death of his father and wife, Hindley became free. He used to drink alcohol, do gambling and ill treat and abuse Heathcliff. So basically there is a complete control by Hindley, the biological son of Mr. Earnshaw. Because Mr. Earnshaw has passed away, he's come back with a wife and now the wife is also dead. So he's basically doing all sorts of, he's creating a ruckus there. He's taking control of the property, he's gambling, he's drinking alcohol and what not and giving trouble to Heathcliff. Moving ahead, we'll talk about Linton family now because remember, Nellie was telling the story to Mr. Lockwood. Who is Mr. Lockwood? The tenant. Now Nellie tells Mr. Lockwood that Linton family was a very well-to-do family of Thrush Cross Grange. Now we are talking about Thrush Cross Grange and the Linton family. Now Linton family also had two children, a boy and a girl. Boy was Edgar, girl was Isabella. Now Catherine and Heathcliff of Earnshaw family were getting too interested in the Linton family. Especially Catherine because she had spent five weeks with the Linton family, she was drawn closer to Edgar. Basically love stories are getting made now because he was rich, handsome, educated, so she was falling for him. Now there's a twist, despite all of this like Edgar having all the qualities of, you know, eligible bachelor for marriage, she still liked Heathcliff, her adopted brother Mo. So one day Catherine was telling Nellie, the housekeeper who is narrating the story at the present moment that she cannot get married to Heathcliff because her brother Hindley has insulted him a lot. Now Heathcliff overheard this conversation and gets extremely hurt and sad. That night he runs away from Wuthering Heights. After Heathcliff ran away, Catherine got extremely lonely and she got married to Edgar and after the wedding Catherine moves to Thrush Cross Grange. Now Heathcliff ran away but not permanently. After some years, he came back to Wuthering Heights. Now he was rich, had a good status, but he also had a lot of ego. There was just one thing in his head and that was revenge. Now when Heathcliff came to Wuthering Heights, Catherine got so excited to see him, her husband Edgar tried to calm her down but she was unstoppable and got extremely happy. On the other hand, Heathcliff saw that Hindley was completely destroyed because of his gambling habits. Now to Heathcliff's surprise, Hindley welcomes him warmly to Wuthering Heights. Why? Because Hindley knows that he has money, he is powerful, so it's better that I behave properly. Now Catherine told Heathcliff that her husband's sister Isabella likes him and they should get married. However, Catherine and Heathcliff still had feelings for each other even after all those years. So when Catherine and Heathcliff meet again, they hug each other very tightly. Now her husband Edgar did not like this behaviour and he gets furious. He gave two options to Catherine. Either choose Heathcliff or choose Edgar. Catherine got very upset over this. She locked herself in a room for three days and did not eat anything. On the third day, Catherine got so sick that she thought she'd die. On the same night, Heathcliff and Isabella, they ran away and got married. For the next two months, Edgar took care of Catherine. She got pregnant and remained unwell. Now what happens is, after getting married, Heathcliff ill-treated Isabella. Now you must be thinking that what did she do? You're right, she did nothing. Isabella could not even get back to Edgar. Why? Because after her marriage to Heathcliff, Edgar ended their relationship of brother and sister. And because Edgar was insecure that through Isabella, Heathcliff might want to take over his property in Trashcross Grange, so he broke all ties with his sister. So one day, Heathcliff went to see Catherine to ask about her health. Edgar came there at that exact moment and he thought there was an affair between Catherine and Heathcliff. So that night, Catherine gave birth to a baby girl and sadly, Catherine died during the childbirth. The baby was named Cathy. Catherine was buried at the place where she and Heathcliff used to play back in their childhood. Now after two days, Isabella ran away to London to get away from Heathcliff. There, she gave birth to a baby boy named Linton. Hindley had taken a lot of loans from Heathcliff. So in return, he took Wuthering Heights since Hindley was unable to pay the loan. Now the owner of Wuthering Heights is Heathcliff. Now after becoming the owner, Heathcliff started ill-treating and abusing Hindley the same way Hindley used to treat Heathcliff. So, he is just sorting everyone out. Now, 12 years have passed by. Catherine's daughter Cathy grew up to a beautiful woman. Hindley's son Herton was ill-treated just like him by Heathcliff. Linton, who was Heathcliff's son, was called back by his uncle Edgar from London. As I told you before, Linton was born in London and Heathcliff wanted Linton to stay with him whereas Edgar wanted Linton to stay with him. So, Heathcliff also wanted Linton to get close to Cathy, who was Catherine's daughter. Edgar initially did not allow the two to meet but with time Edgar's health also became bad and he allowed Cathy to meet Linton. When the two met, they came close. Heathcliff wanted Cathy and Linton to get married to each other. Meanwhile, Edgar passed away. Edgar was buried, adjacent to Catherine. Cathy got very lonely after the death of her father. She started living with Heathcliff and Linton. Now, after some time, even Linton passed away. So, a lot of deaths are happening. Heathcliff became the owner of Thrush Cross Grange also. Cathy was living with him forcefully. Herton was also living with them. Now, to the present day. With this, the story being told by Nellie to Mr. Lockwood comes to an end. Now, we will talk about the present. After hearing the story, Catherine appears in Mr. Lockwood's dream beating at a window, wailing. Let me in and blood running down her wrist. Mr. Lockwood goes to London. He comes back after six months and finds out that Cathy and Herton are in love. Even Heathcliff does not have a problem with that. Heathcliff could see him and Catherine in Herton and Cathy. There was a time when Heathcliff was poor and uneducated and still Catherine loved me. And similarly, Herton is also poor and uneducated and Cathy loves him. So, Heathcliff also dies after a while. He is buried on the other side of Catherine and in the end, Cathy and Herton get married and go to Thrush Cross Grange. So, basically, wherever a relation was not possible, that character was killed. Conveniently, whatever problem he created in his life, very conveniently, they just removed them from the scene only. Anyway, with this, the story comes to the end. Now, I will tell you some facts and quotes regarding this work. This is the only finished novel of Emily Bront and it's a romance between crude and ferocious Heathcliff and passionate Catherine, whose bond continues despite Catherine's passing away and the memories continue until the death of Heathcliff. Some important lines are, Do I want to live? Would you like to live with your soul in the grave? Be with me always. Take any form. Drive me mad. Only do not leave me in this abyss where I cannot find you. In my soul and in my heart, I'm convinced. I'm wrong. Honest people don't hide their deeds. So, these are the lines that you should remember and with this, we end this little long chapter and I hope you enjoyed it and we'll meet soon in the next one. Till the time we meet next, happy learning. Keep loving literature and stay tuned to Arpita Karwa.com