The ancient farmhouse stronghold of the Earnshaw family, built in 1500 as indicated by the carved inscription above the door. A fortress-like dwelling exposed to stormy weather, built strong with narrow deep-set windows, large jutting stones at corners, and grotesque carving on the front. The main room serves as kitchen and parlour with huge fireplace, oak dresser, smooth white stone floor, and weapons displayed above the chimney.
Significance
Represents the wild, natural forces of passion and revenge. Home to the Earnshaw family and later controlled by Heathcliff as the center of his revenge operations. The harsh, primitive setting reflects the violent emotions of its inhabitants.
Approximately 30+ years before frame narrativeflashback: Mr. Earnshaw brings the foundling Heathcliff from Liverpool to Wuthering Heights
Less than two years after Heathcliff's arrivalflashback: Mrs. Earnshaw dies less than two years after Heathcliff's arrival
One October evening, several years after bringing Heathcliff homeflashback: Mr. Earnshaw dies peacefully in his chair while Catherine sings to him
After Mr. Earnshaw's deathflashback: Hindley returns from college with mysterious wife Frances for his father's funeral
Christmas, approximately 1778flashback: Catherine returns transformed from Thrushcross Grange at Christmas; apple sauce incident with Heathcliff and Edgar
June, following yearflashback: Frances gives birth to Hareton and dies within a week
Evening when Catherine is fifteenflashback: Catherine confesses to Ellen that Edgar has proposed and she has accepted, despite loving Heathcliff
Same evening as proposal confessionflashback: Heathcliff overhears Catherine say 'it would degrade me to marry Heathcliff' and disappears
Night of Heathcliff's disappearanceflashback: Catherine becomes ill with fever after searching for Heathcliff in a storm
Six months after Catherine's deathflashback: Isabella escapes from Heathcliff and flees to the south
Six months after Isabella's escapeflashback: Hindley dies at age 27 from drinking; Heathcliff gains control of Wuthering Heights
Catherine's thirteenth birthday (July)flashback: Young Catherine first escapes Thrushcross Grange grounds and meets Hareton at Wuthering Heights
Day after Linton's arrival at the Grangeflashback: Heathcliff claims his son; Linton is taken to Wuthering Heights
Catherine's sixteenth birthday (March 20th)flashback: Catherine meets Linton and Hareton on the moors; begins secret correspondence with Linton
Following autumn/winterflashback: Edgar falls ill; Catherine visits dying Linton at Wuthering Heights
August, during Edgar's final illnessflashback: Catherine and Ellen are imprisoned at Wuthering Heights; forced marriage between Catherine and Linton
Shortly after Edgar's deathflashback: Linton Heathcliff dies; Catherine becomes widow and prisoner at Wuthering Heights
Second week in Januaryflashback: Lockwood visits Wuthering Heights and observes hostile interactions between Catherine and Hareton
Easter Monday, three months after Heathcliff's death: Catherine and Hareton reconcile; she begins teaching him to read
April, final days before death: Heathcliff's final breakdown and supernatural experiences with Catherine's spirit
April, three months before Lockwood's return: Heathcliff dies; Catherine and Hareton plan to marry and move to Thrushcross Grange
September 1802: Lockwood returns to find Catherine and Hareton in love; learns of Heathcliff's death