Wuthering Heights (fictional location)
Wuthering Heights is a fictional location in Emily Brontë's 1847 novel of the same name. A dark and unsightly place, it is the focus of much of the hateful turmoil for which the novel is renowned. It is most commonly associated with Heathcliff, the novel's primary male protagonist, who, through his devious machinations, eventually comes into ownership both of it and of Thrushcross Grange. Although the latter is by most accounts a far happier place, Heathcliff chooses to remain in the gloom of the Heights, a home far more amenable to his character.
Appearance
The first description of Wuthering Heights is provided by Mr Lockwood, a tenant at the Grange and one of the two primary narrators:The building is a large, austere English country house, erected in 1500 by an ancestor named Hareton Earnshaw. Rooms mentioned in the text include the main living room, the kitchen, and several bedrooms, including a garret where Joseph sleeps, and a spare room turned into a parlour for Heathcliff's son, Linton. When Mr Lockwood stays at the house, he sleeps in an oak-panelled closet enclosing the window of a small bedroom.