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  "slug": "wuthering-heights-pg768",
  "title": "Wuthering Heights",
  "author": "Emily Brontë",
  "language": "en",
  "spoilers": true,
  "characters": [
    {
      "name": "Mrs. Heathcliff",
      "aliases": [
        "Catherine Linton",
        "Miss Cathy",
        "Cathy"
      ],
      "description": "Edgar Linton’s daughter and Linton Heathcliff’s widow, now living at Wuthering Heights under Heathcliff’s control. She is present when Heathcliff seeks company, and she and Hareton are preparing to marry on New Year’s Day."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mrs. Dean",
      "aliases": [
        "Nelly Dean",
        "Ellen"
      ],
      "description": "Housekeeper and narrator of the family history. She discovers Heathcliff dead, recounts his burial and local ghost stories, and plans to move with Cathy and Hareton to Thrushcross Grange after their marriage."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mr. Heathcliff",
      "aliases": [
        "Heathcliff"
      ],
      "description": "Owner of Wuthering Heights and father of Linton. He dies alone in his room after several days without eating, as his obsession with Catherine Earnshaw consumes him; he is buried beside her as he requested."
    },
    {
      "name": "Hareton Earnshaw",
      "aliases": [
        "Hareton",
        "Earnshaw",
        "Mr. Hareton"
      ],
      "description": "Son of Hindley Earnshaw and Frances, and cousin to Cathy. He grieves deeply at Heathcliff’s death despite the wrongs Heathcliff did him, and is preparing to marry Cathy and move with her to Thrushcross Grange."
    },
    {
      "name": "Joseph",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An elderly, devout and censorious servant at Wuthering Heights. He refuses to handle Heathcliff’s corpse, then gives thanks that the lawful master and ancient stock have been restored to their rights; he also claims to have seen figures at Heathcliff’s window after the death."
    },
    {
      "name": "Kenneth",
      "aliases": [
        "Mr. Kenneth"
      ],
      "description": "A doctor who attends the Linton family. He comes to examine Heathcliff after a night of groaning, but Heathcliff refuses to admit him; later he cannot determine the cause of Heathcliff’s death."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed sexton",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The sexton digging Linton’s grave. Heathcliff bribes him to uncover Catherine Earnshaw’s coffin and later remove a side of it so Heathcliff can be placed beside her; he obeys Heathcliff’s burial directions."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mr. Lockwood",
      "aliases": [
        "Lockwood"
      ],
      "description": "The narrator and tenant of Thrushcross Grange. He hears Mrs. Dean’s account of Heathcliff’s death and the plans for Cathy and Hareton’s marriage, then visits the churchyard and reflects on the graves."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed boy with sheep and lambs",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A little boy whom Mrs. Dean meets near the Heights while he is tending a sheep and two lambs. Frightened by what he believes are Heathcliff and a woman, he refuses to pass them."
    },
    {
      "name": "Linton Heathcliff",
      "aliases": [
        "Linton",
        "young Heathcliff",
        "Master Heathcliff"
      ],
      "description": "The sickly son of Heathcliff and Isabella, and cousin and husband of Cathy. He dies after a long illness at Wuthering Heights, having left his movable property to his father under pressure."
    },
    {
      "name": "Zillah",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Former housekeeper at Wuthering Heights. She tells Mrs. Dean how Cathy cared for the dying Linton and describes Cathy and Hareton’s early, strained encounters."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed doctor",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A doctor whom Mrs. Dean says the severely ill Linton should be under the care of; Heathcliff refuses to send for medical help."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed lawyer",
      "aliases": [
        "Mr. Green",
        "Unnamed blacksmith’s lawyer",
        "Unnamed lawyer for the Earnshaws"
      ],
      "description": "The village attorney who handled Hindley Earnshaw’s and Edgar Linton’s affairs. Heathcliff says he plans to consult him about legal matters and his will."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed housekeeper at Thrushcross Grange",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Lockwood’s housekeeper, identified as Mrs. Dean. She asks him to deliver a note to Cathy and later moves to Wuthering Heights to care for her."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed girl who brings breakfast",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A household worker who brings Mrs. Dean news of Hareton’s birth and Frances’s grave illness."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed old woman who keeps the Grange",
      "aliases": [
        "Unnamed housekeeper at Thrushcross Grange"
      ],
      "description": "An elderly woman keeping Thrushcross Grange when Lockwood returns in 1802. She tells him Mrs. Dean is at Wuthering Heights and prepares a room for him."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed girl knitting at the Grange",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A girl of about nine or ten who is sitting and knitting outside Thrushcross Grange when Lockwood returns."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed ostler",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An ostler at a roadside public-house who tells Lockwood that a cart of oats has come from Gimmerton."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed servant accompanying Lockwood",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Lockwood’s servant, who asks directions to Gimmerton while accompanying him on his journey."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed tenant of the kitchen",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An elderly male servant at Wuthering Heights, identifiable as Joseph, who complains about Mrs. Dean singing and reading aloud."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed narrator of the kitchen exchange",
      "aliases": [
        "Mrs. Dean",
        "Nelly Dean",
        "Ellen"
      ],
      "description": "Mrs. Dean, who tells Lockwood the later events at Wuthering Heights, including Cathy and Hareton’s reconciliation and Heathcliff’s final decline."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed other old Linton",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The deceased Linton whose partiality secured his estate to his daughter rather than his son’s heir. Mrs. Dean criticizes this inheritance arrangement after Catherine’s death."
    },
    {
      "name": "Catherine Earnshaw",
      "aliases": [
        "Catherine Heathcliff",
        "Catherine Linton",
        "Cathy"
      ],
      "description": "The deceased mother of Cathy and Heathcliff’s great love. Heathcliff sees her likeness in Hareton and says memories of her dominate his thoughts and draw him toward death."
    },
    {
      "name": "Juno",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A large bitch pointer at Wuthering Heights, kept as a guard dog and hostile to visitors. Cathy compares Hareton’s shoulder twitch to Juno’s."
    },
    {
      "name": "Edgar Linton",
      "aliases": [
        "Mr. Edgar",
        "Master Linton",
        "young Linton",
        "Mr. Linton"
      ],
      "description": "Catherine Earnshaw’s widower and father of Cathy. As he approaches death, he tries to protect Cathy’s future and forbids her secret visits to Linton; he dies after Cathy returns to his bedside."
    },
    {
      "name": "Michael",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A groom at the Grange who prepares Cathy’s pony Minny for her visits to Wuthering Heights."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed little boy messenger",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A boy dispatched to tell Cathy and Mrs. Dean that Linton has moved their meeting place closer to Wuthering Heights."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed servants sent from the Grange",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Three servants sent to look for Cathy and Mrs. Dean at Wuthering Heights. Heathcliff turns them away before they can help the two women."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed discarded servant at the Grange",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A servant who has not yet left the Grange after Mr. Green gives the household staff notice to quit. The servant alerts Cathy and Mrs. Dean that Heathcliff is arriving."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed servant sent to fetch the attorney",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A Grange servant sent to summon the attorney for Edgar Linton. The servant reports that the attorney is delayed by business in the village."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed armed men sent to Wuthering Heights",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Four men sent by Mrs. Dean to demand Cathy’s release from Heathcliff. They return without her, having been told she is too ill to leave."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed Grange servants",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The household staff at Thrushcross Grange, several of whom rejoice when Mrs. Dean returns and learns that Cathy is safe."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed man who helps Heathcliff dig",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A man from the tool-house from whom Heathcliff takes a spade while trying to open Catherine Earnshaw’s grave."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed horse",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A horse Heathcliff recalls kicking during the night he returned to Wuthering Heights after Catherine Earnshaw’s burial."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed dog",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A dog Heathcliff recalls seeing his father strike; Linton fears similar violence when Heathcliff is angry."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed cats",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Cats Heathcliff invokes while describing Linton’s capacity to torment vulnerable creatures."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed dairymaid",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A worker at Wuthering Heights who is milking cows in a shed when Cathy calls for help after Linton collapses."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed housekeeper at Wuthering Heights",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The first housekeeper at Wuthering Heights during Linton’s early years there. She reports to Mrs. Dean that he is sickly and difficult, then leaves; a second, previously unknown housekeeper succeeds her."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed second housekeeper at Wuthering Heights",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The successor to the earlier housekeeper at Wuthering Heights, whom Mrs. Dean does not know personally. She is still living there when Mrs. Dean recounts the events."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed tutor to Linton",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A tutor whom Heathcliff engages to teach Linton several times a week."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed friendly sheep-dog",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A sheep-dog at Wuthering Heights that approaches Linton in a friendly way as Mrs. Dean leaves."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed milk-fetcher",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A village milk-fetcher who carries Cathy’s first letter to Linton."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed groom",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A groom at the Grange who helps Cathy return unnoticed from her late visits to Wuthering Heights by leading her pony to the stable."
    },
    {
      "name": "Isabella Linton",
      "aliases": [
        "Isabella"
      ],
      "description": "Edgar Linton’s sister and Heathcliff’s estranged wife. She escapes Wuthering Heights after Heathcliff attacks Hindley, settles near London, and gives birth to their son, Linton Heathcliff; she later dies."
    },
    {
      "name": "Hindley Earnshaw",
      "aliases": [
        "Hindley"
      ],
      "description": "Catherine Earnshaw’s brother and Hareton’s father. After a violent confrontation with Heathcliff, he dies drunk, leaving his mortgaged property and son in Heathcliff’s control."
    },
    {
      "name": "Fanny",
      "aliases": [
        "Miss Isabella’s springer"
      ],
      "description": "Isabella’s springer dog, found nearly strangled at the Grange after Isabella’s escape. She later accompanies Isabella when she leaves the Grange for good."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed man-servant at the Grange",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A servant left to keep the house while the family attends church. Mrs. Dean sends him to fetch oranges so Heathcliff can enter and visit Catherine."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed maid at the Grange",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A servant who returns from an early errand to Gimmerton and reports that Isabella has run off with Heathcliff."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed milk-fetching lad",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A boy who brings milk to the Grange and tells a maid that a gentleman and lady were seen riding away together."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed blacksmith’s daughter",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The blacksmith’s daughter who recognizes Heathcliff and Isabella when they stop to have a horse’s shoe fastened, then spreads the news in Gimmerton."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed blacksmith",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The blacksmith at whose shop Heathcliff and Isabella stop to have a horse’s shoe fastened while fleeing the Grange."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed male companion at Wuthering Heights",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The man-servant left to keep the house with Mrs. Dean while the others attend church. He is sent away on an errand so Heathcliff can visit Catherine."
    },
    {
      "name": "Throttler",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A half-bred bull-dog at Wuthering Heights, kept by Hareton and used to frighten Isabella. He is a son of the Lintons’ former dog Skulker."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed woman who nurses Hareton",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The woman who nurses Hareton Earnshaw as a baby; Mrs. Dean recalls that her own mother brought her into the Earnshaw children’s company by nursing Hindley."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed old Linton",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The deceased Linton whose partiality secured his estate to his daughter rather than his son’s heir. Mrs. Dean criticizes this inheritance arrangement after Catherine’s death."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mary Linton",
      "aliases": [
        "Mary"
      ],
      "description": "Mrs. Linton, mother of Edgar and Isabella. She visits Catherine Earnshaw during her fever, takes her to the Grange to recover, and dies of the fever along with her husband."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed curate",
      "aliases": [
        "Shielders"
      ],
      "description": "The local curate in the Earnshaws’ time, who taught the Lintons and Earnshaws and advised sending Hindley to college. Heathcliff threatens him to keep him from teaching Hareton."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed kitchen woman",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A strong, fire-flushed woman working in the kitchen at Wuthering Heights; she breaks up the dogs’ attack on Lockwood with a frying-pan."
    },
    {
      "name": "Gnasher",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A dog at Wuthering Heights whom Joseph calls to pursue Lockwood."
    },
    {
      "name": "Wolf",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A dog at Wuthering Heights whom Joseph calls to pursue Lockwood."
    },
    {
      "name": "Jabez Branderham",
      "aliases": [
        "Reverend Jabez Branderham"
      ],
      "description": "A clergyman named in a sermon book at Wuthering Heights and in Lockwood’s dream, where he preaches an extraordinarily long sermon."
    },
    {
      "name": "Grimalkin",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A brindled grey cat in the back-kitchen at Wuthering Heights, which settles near Lockwood by the fire."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed servant-girl at Thrushcross Grange",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A servant-girl Lockwood finds cleaning and extinguishing the study fire at the Grange."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed predecessor at Thrushcross Grange",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Lockwood’s predecessor as tenant of Thrushcross Grange, identified by Mrs. Dean as a Mr. Linton."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mrs. Linton",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The late Mrs. Linton, mother of Catherine Linton and sister of Heathcliff. She is also Hareton Earnshaw’s aunt."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mr. Hindley Earnshaw",
      "aliases": [
        "Hindley Earnshaw"
      ],
      "description": "The late master of Wuthering Heights and father of Hindley and Catherine Earnshaw. He brought the orphaned Heathcliff home from Liverpool and favored him, angering Hindley."
    },
    {
      "name": "Mrs. Earnshaw",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Wife of Mr. Earnshaw and mother of Hindley and Catherine. She objects when her husband brings the orphaned Heathcliff home and dies less than two years later."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed ploughboy",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "An unhappy ploughboy ordered to attend Joseph’s long Sunday service with Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed dairywoman",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A household worker whose cloak Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff borrow for their excursion to Thrushcross Grange."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed mother of Mrs. Dean",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Mrs. Dean’s mother, who nursed Hindley Earnshaw and thereby brought her daughter into the Earnshaw children’s company."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed woman at the seaside",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A woman Lockwood met during a summer at the seaside; he was attracted to her, but withdrew when she returned his affection, and she left with her mother."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed mother of the seaside woman",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The mother of the woman Lockwood met at the seaside; persuaded by her daughter to leave after Lockwood’s cold response."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed doctor from Gimmerton",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A doctor fetched by Mrs. Dean during the death of Mr. Earnshaw; he attends Frances and later warns Hindley that she has consumption and is unlikely to survive the winter."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed parson from Gimmerton",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A parson whom Joseph sends Mrs. Dean to fetch during the death of Mr. Earnshaw; he says he will come in the morning."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed bull-dog",
      "aliases": [
        "Skulker"
      ],
      "description": "The Lintons’ dog, which bites Catherine Earnshaw’s ankle during her and Heathcliff’s visit to Thrushcross Grange."
    },
    {
      "name": "Robert",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A servant at Thrushcross Grange who brings in Catherine after Skulker bites her and treats Heathcliff as a suspected intruder."
    },
    {
      "name": "Jenny",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A servant at Thrushcross Grange whom Mr. Linton tells to give water to Skulker."
    },
    {
      "name": "John",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A servant at Thrushcross Grange whom Mr. Linton tells to fasten the chain at the door."
    },
    {
      "name": "Dame Archer",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A woman who brings the newborn Hareton to Hindley Earnshaw."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed woman-servant at Thrushcross Grange",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A servant who washes Catherine Earnshaw’s injured feet after Skulker bites her."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed Gimmerton band members",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A group of fifteen local musicians and singers who perform Christmas carols at Wuthering Heights; they are not individually identified."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed mourners at Catherine Earnshaw’s funeral",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Tenants and servants who attend Catherine’s funeral; Mr. Earnshaw does not appear, and Isabella is not invited."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed coachman",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The coachman at Thrushcross Grange whom Isabella asks Mrs. Dean to ready for her journey to Gimmerton."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed maid who packs Isabella’s clothes",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A maid at Thrushcross Grange sent to pack clothes for Isabella when she escapes from Wuthering Heights."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed servant who takes Catherine’s baby",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A servant at the Grange entrusted with caring for Catherine Earnshaw’s infant while Isabella prepares to leave."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed servant who reports Joseph’s arrival",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A maid at Thrushcross Grange who tells Mrs. Dean that Joseph has come to speak to Edgar Linton."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed labourer at the plantation fence",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A worker repairing a fence around a plantation at the edge of the Grange grounds. He tells Mrs. Dean that young Catherine rode out toward the Heights."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed servant at Wuthering Heights who welcomes Catherine",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A woman formerly employed at Gimmerton who has served at Wuthering Heights since Mr. Earnshaw’s death. She tells Mrs. Dean that Catherine is safe and explains that Hareton offered to guide her."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed maid at the Grange who mentions the Fairy Cave",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A maid whose mention of the Fairy Cave intensifies young Catherine’s wish to visit Penistone Crags."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed dogs accompanying Hareton",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The dogs following Hareton when he meets Catherine near the Heights; they attack Catherine’s dogs and start their acquaintance."
    },
    {
      "name": "Charlie",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A fierce pointer owned by young Catherine. He is bitten during the dogs’ fight at Wuthering Heights."
    },
    {
      "name": "Phoenix",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A pointer owned by young Catherine who accompanies her on her ride to the Heights and is bitten there."
    },
    {
      "name": "Minny",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Young Catherine’s pony, used on her ride to Wuthering Heights and later to carry Linton Heathcliff there."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed Galloway pony",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "The pony ridden by young Catherine when she leaves the Grange for Penistone Crags; it is likely Minny, though the passage does not explicitly establish the identity."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed litter of puppies",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A litter of puppies Hareton is hanging from a chair-back when Mrs. Dean escapes Wuthering Heights."
    },
    {
      "name": "Unnamed young servant with a pitchfork",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "A young man at Wuthering Heights who leads Lockwood inside during a snowstorm. He is later identified as Hareton Earnshaw; Isabella calls him Edgar’s legal nephew."
    },
    {
      "name": "Frances",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Hindley Earnshaw’s wife and Hareton’s mother. She is a young, gentle woman who dies of consumption shortly after Hareton’s birth."
    },
    {
      "name": "Hareton Earnshaw’s mother",
      "aliases": [],
      "description": "Frances, Hindley Earnshaw’s wife and Hareton’s mother. She dies shortly after giving birth to Hareton."
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