1. Locations & Family Tree
Wuthering Heights
Locations & Family Tree

2. Gimmerton Valley near Thrushcross Park
Looking from the Valley toward the Moors
Photographs are of Wycoller Valley, near Colne, west of Haworth.

4. Maps of Wuthering Heights and Surrounding Areas

5. Two Households… Wuthering Heights

6. Wuthering Heights… another view

7. The Entire Estate

8. Thrushcross Grange

9. Inspirations for Thrushcross Grange
Shibden Hall near Halifax

10. Framework Story A story within a story
The outer story or frame creates the occasion for telling the inner, larger story
Lockwood tells the story- 1801, Nelly also narrates
Inner story- Flashback to previous generations
Outer story

11. Novel Structure
Chinese Box narration / plot structure- creates a puzzle to be figured out
Wuthering Heights is a flashback (in large part), that continues into the present for approximately a year beyond the point where the novel begins.

12. Mr. Earnshaw
? -1777
Mrs. Earnshaw
? -1773
Mr. Linton
? -1780
Mrs. Linton
? -1780
Francis
Hindley Earnshaw
Catherine Earnshaw
Edgar Linton
Isabella Linton
Heathcliff
Hareton Earnshaw
1778 -
Cathy Linton
1784 -
Linton Heathcliff

13. Keep In Mind… Keep track of dates and how the story progresses.
Keep track of who is speaking. This will help you keep your reading organized.
Keep track of whether or not the story is flashback mode or not.
It is not necessary to understand all of Joseph’s dialogue, but you need to keep in mind his characterization and the meaning behind what he says.

14. Work Cited The Reader’s Guide to Emily Jane Brontë’s Wuthering Heights
Date Accessed: 27 February 2008