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evaluate each of the characters telling it.

Lockwood and Ellen, who tell most of the story, appear more
"normal" than most of the people they talk about (Lockwood is a
conventional man about town, despite his brief sojourn to
Yorkshire, and Ellen displays a practical, homespun wisdom), but
you can't overlook their biases. Neither of them can appreciate
the passion between Heathcliff and Catherine. You as a reader,
can, however. You can see much more than any single character
can tell you. Evaluating what each character says helps to draw
you into the book.

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WUTHERING HEIGHTS: FORM AND STRUCTURE

Part of what makes Wuthering Heights such an extraordinary
novel is its complicated narrative structure. Although telling
a story from different, limited points of view has become common
in this century, when Emily Bronte was writing, most novels
featured an omniscient narrator--someone (often, but not always
the author) who was not a character in the book, but who could
address the reader, comment on the action, and describe the
thoughts and feelings of any of the people in the story.
Wuthering Heights broke the mold; it is told solely by
characters in the book, most notably Mr. Lockwood and Ellen
Dean, although portions of Ellen's narrative include stories
told to her by others.

The narrative itself consists of
stories-within-stories-within-stories. Take a look, for
instance, at Joseph's description of the dissipation at
Wuthering Heights after Heathcliff's return. It is quoted in
Ellen's warning to Isabella against Heathcliff, which is in her
story to Lockwood, which is in Lockwood's story to you. Early
readers were put off by this, seeing it as unnecessarily
complicated and confusing; but most readers today view it as one
of the novel's great strengths.

This book is full of doubles. There are two generations,
each occupying half the chapters. There are two households,
each with distinctive qualities. And the actions revolve around
pairs of children (Heathcliff and Cathy, the younger Cathy and
Linton, the younger Cathy and Hareton).

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WUTHERING HEIGHTS: CHAPTER 1

It's through Lockwood's eyes that you first see Yorkshire,
Heathcliff, and Wuthering Heights. He calls Yorkshire
beautiful, but only because he finds the region removed and