1.Read the text, then fill in the gaps with suitable words from
the following list.
begins death dies Ellis -Bell ghost inherit landlord married
marries morality returns revenge son story unhappily
Context
Wuthering Heights was published in 1847 by the 29-year-old Emily
Bronte. It was her only published novel, and appeared under the pseudonym 1…………………………. in
the same year that her sister Charlotte published her own masterpiece, Jane Eire, under the name
of Currer Bell. The book received very mixed reviews, with many readers and critics appalled by the
apparent lack of 2…………………………. in the novel, where violence and cruelty are depicted without
authorial comment or castigation. A second edition of the novel was edited and published by
Charlotte after Emily’s 3…………………… in 1848.
Plot
The novel 4………………… in 1801, with the arrival of Lockwood, one of the book’s two main narrators,
at Thrushcross Grange. He spends the night at Wuthering Heights, the home of his 5……………………
Heathcliff, and has a dream in which he is apparently visited by the 6…………………….. of Catherine
Earnshaw, asking to be let in the window. He is curious about the residents of the house, and asks
the housekeeper Nelly Dean to tell their story.
Nelly begins her 7…………………. thirty years earlier, when the child Heathcliff is rescued from the
streets of Liverpool and brought to Wuthering Heights by the then-owner, Mr. Earnshaw. Heathcliff
becomes close to Earnshaw’s daughter Catherine, but receives only cruelty from her jealous brother
Hindley.. Mr. Earnshaw 8……………. three years later, and Hindley takes over the estate and persists
in ostracising Heathcliff. Catherine becomes friends with the Linton family of Thrushcross Grange,
particularly the son Edgar.
Heathcliff’s Revenge
A year later, Hindley's wife Frances dies after giving birth to a son, Hareton, and after a further two
years Catherine 9………………. Edgar. However, Heathcliff has overheard her tell Nelly that she could
never degrade herself by marrying Heathcliff, and disappears for three years. When he
10………………….., he is intent on getting revenge on all those who have hurt him, beginning with
Hindley, from whom he tricks ownership of Wuthering Heights by taking advantage of his increasing
drunkenness. He also marries Edgar’s sister Isabella so that he may 11………………. Thrushcross
Grange upon Edgar's death.
Catherine dies after giving birth to a daughter also named Catherine, or Cathy. Isabella runs away
from her abusive husband a month later, and gives birth to a 12………………., Linton. Heathcliff, now
owner of Wuthering Heights, continues to exact vengeance by bringing up Hindley’s son Hareton in a
rough, degrading manner.
Twelve years later, the dying Isabella asks Edgar to raise her and Heathcliff's son, Linton, but
Heathcliff finds out about this and takes the child so that he may use him as part of his
13…………………., attempting to persuade Cathy to marry Linton. When she refuses, Heathcliff kidnaps
her and forces the marriage, but soon after both Edgar and Linton die. This is the point at which the
story began: Cathy now lives 14………………….. at Wuthering Heights with Hareton and Heathcliff,
whom she treats with contempt. She eventually comes to care for him, and the love between them
breaks Heathcliff’s spirit: he dies with his plans for revenge abandoned and is buried alongside
Catherine
and
Edgar,
with
Cathy
and
Hareton
eventually
15…………………...
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2.Reread the plot summary, then complete the following blank family tree with the right characters.
The following list may help you:
Catherine Cathy
Mr and Mrs Linton
Edgar Frances Hareton Heathcliff Hindley
Thrushcross Grange
Wuthering Heights
Isabella
Linton
Mr and Mrs Earnshaw
3.Match the definitions to the right characters
a. An orphan brought to live at Wuthering Heights by Mr.
Earnshaw
b. The daughter of Mr. Earnshaw and his wife
c. He is almost the ideal gentleman well-bred but rather
spoiled as a boy
d. She serves as the chief narrator of Wuthering Heights.
e. He serves as an intermediary between Nelly and the reader.
f.
The son of Hindley and Frances Earnshaw, Hareton is
Catherine’s nephew.
g. Heathcliff’s son by Isabella.
h. Catherine’s brother, and Mr. Earnshaw’s son.
i.
Edgar Linton’s sister, who falls in love with Heathcliff and
marries him.
j.
He adopts Heathcliff and brings him to live at Wuthering
Heights.
k. She dies shortly after giving birth to Hareton.
l.
The proprietor of Thrushcross Grange when Heathcliff and
Catherine are children.
m. She does not like Heathcliff to be allowed near her children,
Edgar and Isabel
4. Match the adjectives to the following characters:
1.Nelly Dean-
2.Catherine - 3.Lockwood- 4.Linton Heathcliff – 5.Heathcliff- 6.Hareton
Earnshaw - 7.Edgar Linton
☐Revengeful ☐Free☐Tender,
powerful
spirited,
constant,
fierce, and
beautiful,
but coward
often cruel
spoiled, and
often
arrogant
☐A sensible,
☐a
☐Illiterate
☐Weak
intelligent,
and
compassion
ate woman
somewhat
and quicktempered
sniveling,
demanding,
and
constantly
ill
vain
and
presumptuo
us
gentleman
KEY
EX. 1
1. Ellis Bell
2. Morality
3. Death
4. Begins
5. Landlord
6. Ghost
7. Story
8. Dies
9. Marries
10. Returns
11. Inherit
12. Son
13. Revenge
14. Unhappily
15. Married
EX. 2
Wuthering Heights
Thrushcross Grange
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
Mr and Mrs Earnshaw
Mr and Mrs Linton


Frances +Hindley Heathcliff Catherine +Edgar
Isabella+Heathcliff


Hareton
Cathy
Linton
EX. 3
1-b; 2-c; 3-k; 4-f; 5-a; 6-h; 7-i; 8-g; 9-e; 10-j; 11-l; 12-m; 13-d;
EX. 4
5.revengeful
powerful
fierce, and often cruel
2.free-spirited,
beautiful,
spoiled, and often arrogant
7.tender,
constant,
but cowardly man
1.A sensible,
intelligent, and compassionate woman
3. A somewhat vain
and presumptuous gentleman
6.Illiterate
and quick-tempered
4. Weak
sniveling,
demanding,
and constantly ill