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A foundling Mr Earnshaw brings home. Hindley hates him; Catherine is his closest companion. He vanishes after overhearing her say marrying him would degrade her (ch. 9).

Showing only what happens up to chapter 1–9.

Emily Brontë, painted by her brotherWuthering Heights (1847) was her only novel. She died the next year, aged 30.

Walk to the real moorsFrom Haworth to Top Withens is about three miles each way across the moor.

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Images: Top Withens, West Yorkshire; photo by Dave Dunford, public domain · Emily Brontë by Branwell Brontë, public domain · Top Withens; photo by Mark Stevenson, CC BY-SA 2.0. Via Wikimedia Commons. Video thumbnails: Book Explained on YouTube.

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