Famous scenes and list of narrators
Wuthering Heights has many famous scenes so you may need to know where in the novel they happened. In the table, the right hand column indicates roughly where in the chapter the scene begins, useful if you have a printed copy. The page icon in the left column will take you directly to it in the online version.
Famous Scenes
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Catherine's ghost | Catherine's ghost appears at a window and begs to be let in | Ch 3, halfway |
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Heathcliff's arrival | Heathcliff's first appearance as a child, brought from Liverpool by Mr Earnshaw. | Ch 4, halfway |
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Catherine and Heathcliff at Thrushcross Grange | Catherine and Heathcliff visit Thrushcross Grange for the first time and Catherine remains there. | Ch 6, halfway |
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Heathcliff runs away | Catherine accepts Edgar's proposal and pours out her heart to Ellen. Heathcliff overhears and runs away from Wuthering Heights. | Ch 9, one quarter |
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Heathcliff returns | Heathcliff returns after three years away. | Ch 10, one quarter |
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Edgar and Heathcliff fight | Edgar finds Heathcliff at Thrushcross Grange and they briefly fight. | Ch 11, halfway |
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Catherine in delirium | Catherine tears her pillow apart in delirium and then wishes to be back at Wuthering Heights. | Ch 12, one quarter |
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The final meeting | Heathcliff meets Catherine for the final time before she dies. | Ch 15, one third |
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Catherine's death | Catherine dies and her daughter is born. | Ch 16, beginning |
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Heathcliff visits Catherine's body | Heathcliff visits Catherine's body before the funeral and intertwines his hair with hers in a locket. | Ch 16, end |
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The clash at Wuthering Heights | Heathcliff fights with Hindley, and Isabella flees. | Ch 17, one third |
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Meeting on the road | Cathy meets Heathcliff on the road at the edge of the park. | Ch 22, two thirds |
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Cathy held captive | Cathy and Ellen are held captive by Heathcliff where the former tries to take the key from his hand. | Ch 27, halfway |
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Heathcliff removes the side of Catherine's coffin | Before Edgar's funeral, Heathcliff pays the sexton to uncover Catherine's grave where he removes the side of her coffin. | Ch 29, halfway |
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Heathcliff digs up Catherine's coffin | Heathcliff digs down to Catherine's coffin to embrace her body but, note, he doesn't actually reach her. | Ch 29, two thirds |
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Cathy and Hareton become friends | Cathy decides that she wants to be friends with Hareton and he accepts a book as a gift. | Ch 32, two thirds |
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Death of Heathcliff | Heathcliff is found dead in his chamber. | Ch 34, two thirds |
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Heathcliff and Catherine as ghosts | A shepherd boy sees Heathcliff and 'a woman' as ghosts. | Ch 34, near the end |
List of Narrators
To help you understand the multiple narrators in Wuthering Heights, here is a list of who is describing the story and when. Names in (brackets) indicate minor narration.
| Chap | Narrators | Chap | Narrators |
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| 1 | Lockwood | 18 | Ellen |
| 2 | Lockwood | 19 | Ellen |
| 3 | Lockwood | 20 | Ellen |
| 4 | Lockwood, Ellen | 21 | Ellen |
| 5 | Ellen | 22 | Ellen |
| 6 | Ellen, Heathcliff | 23 | Ellen |
| 7 | Ellen | 24 | Ellen, Cathy |
| 8 | Ellen | 25 | Ellen, (Lockwood) |
| 9 | Ellen (Lockwood) | 26 | Ellen |
| 10 | (Lockwood), Ellen | 27 | Ellen |
| 11 | Ellen | 28 | Ellen |
| 12 | Ellen | 29 | Ellen, Heathcliff |
| 13 | Ellen, Isabella | 30 | Ellen, Zillah, (Lockwood) |
| 14 | Ellen, (Lockwood) | 31 | Lockwood |
| 15 | (Lockwood), Ellen | 32 | Lockwood, Ellen |
| 16 | Ellen | 33 | Ellen |
| 17 | Ellen, Isabella | 34 | Ellen, Lockwood |