CHARACTERS OF EMILY BRONTE'S "WUTHERING HEIGHTS"

Mr. Lockwood
narrator, tenant at the Grange

Nelly
narrator of most of the novel; nurse to Catherine & Hindley Earnshaw, nurse to Hareton Earnshaw, servant to Mr. Lockwood

Joseph
servant to Mr. Earnshaw, servant to Heathcliff

Hindley Earnshaw
grew up with Catherine & Heathcliff, inherited Wuthering Heights, married to Frances, father of Hareton, died of alcohol and in debt to Heathcliff, whom he despised

Catherine Earnshaw
sister to Hindley, Heathcliff's soul mate, married Edgar Linton, mother of Catherine Linton, died of madness/wasted away

Heathcliff
gypsy boy brought home by Mr. Earnshaw, raised with Catherine & Hindley Earnshaw, Catherine's soul mate and true love, marries Isabella Linton, father of Linton, inherits Wuthering Heights & the Grange (mostly through manipulation), is tormented by his love for Catherine Earnshaw & her subsequent death, insane

Edgar Linton
inherited the Grange, married Catherine Earnshaw, father to Catherine Linton, died in a foreign country after his wife's death

Isabella Linton
Edgar's sister, married Heathcliff, mother of Linton Heathcliff, died abroad after running away from her husband

Catherine Linton
daughter of Catherine Earnshaw & Edgar Linton, inheritor of the Grange until her marriage to Linton, marries Hareton Earnshaw

Hareton Earnshaw
Hindley's son, raised by Heathcliff to be wild, but could have been brilliant, married Catherine Linton

Linton
Heathcliff's son by Isabella Linton, raised by his mother, sickly and whiny, marries Catherine Linton just before his death