He decides to relocate to the remote farmland for some time due to personal circumstances. The narrator distinctly differs from other residents of the area. The man is not particularly sympathetic. Lockwood proclaims himself a misanthropist. He decides to rent a mansion to escape modern society and the city and get over a recent heartbreak.
The landlord — Heathcliff, surprises the narrator with his hostility. In reality, Mr. Lockwood is shocked by the unfriendly atmosphere of the place in general. A peaceful escape from reality did not start well for the man.
Instead, it left a bitter impression on him. During his second visit to Wuthering Heights, the narrator has to spend the night in the mansion. The miserable weather conditions do not allow him to travel. During the stay, he comes across a diary of a former resident Catherine. After reading the diary, Lockwood sees a nightmare. The man gets deeply affected by the nightmare.
Lockwood shares his dream with Heathcliff. After hearing everything, the latter one gets furious. He orders the narrator to leave the manor immediately. When Lockwood returns to Thrushcross Grange, he learns the whole story. As he arrives, it begins to snow. Eventually a rough young man lets Lockwood in and brings him to a sitting room. In the room also is a beautiful During the meal, Lockwood learns that the young woman whom he assumed was Heathcliff's wife is the widow of The snow also turns to a blizzard, and while discussing how Lockwood will get home, the woman tells Heathcliff that if he lets Lockwood leave alone, she Fed up with the bickering, and with no one willing to guide him home, Lockwood takes a lantern, promising to return it the next day, and leaves.
But Joseph thinks Chapter 3. Zillah brings Lockwood to a room that Heathcliff usually doesn't allow anyone to stay in. Left alone, Lockwood That night Lockwood has a nightmare in which he breaks a window to get some air, and a The next morning Heathcliff escorts Lockwood home. The servants of Thrushcross Grange are overjoyed to see Lockwood —they feared he'd died in Chapter 4.
Back at Thrushcross Grange, Lockwood starts feeling lonely and asks his housekeeper, Nelly Dean, to tell him about Heathcliff and Chapter 7. Lockwood insists that she continue the story right then.
Chapter Lockwood falls ill for four weeks. Nelly then tells Lockwood that Edgar is buried next to Catherine. Nelly pauses in her narrative to tell Lockwood that the events she's now describing took place a little over a year ago during Nelly tells Lockwood that she hasn't seen Cathy since that day, and only gets news about her from In his diary, Lockwood writes that Nelly has finished her story.
He says that he has recovered from his Lockwood also learns that Heathcliff has taken Cathy's books. Cathy adds that Hareton has gathered some After a rather dull and unpleasant meal, Lockwood leaves. On the way back to the Grange, he muses on how lucky Cathy would Six months later, Lockwood returns to the area and pays a visit at Wuthering Heights. He finds, to his Lockwood leaves Wuthering Heights and walks through the moors to the churchyard where Heathcliff, Catherine, and Although he receives no encouragement from his host, Lockwood decides to make a return visit.
Wuthering Heights opens with a date that signifies the setting as well as the form of the narrative. The present is ; however, the primary story line has taken place years ago. Most of the action in the novel occurs in Wuthering Heights, Thrushcross Grange, or the moors in between the two houses.
All three locations are "completely removed from the stir of society," and each house symbolizes its habitants: Those at Wuthering Heights tend to be strong, wild, and passionate whereas those at Thrushcross Grange are passive, civilized, and calm.
Heathcliff is the personification of Wuthering Heights. Readers are introduced to Lockwood, an unreliable narrator who tries to make sense of his surroundings and his landlord.
In doing so, his impressions provide readers with the first glimpse of Heathcliff, the main character. Lockwood's perceptions are simultaneously significant for the reader while being wholly inaccurate for himself as a character. For example, he mentions twice that Heathcliff does not extend a hand to him, yet Lockwood still considers Heathcliff a gentleman.
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