Wuthering Heights Epilogue
218 Words
Chapter 32 to 34
In September, eight months after leaving, Lockwood finds himself back In the area and decides to stay at Thrushcross Grange (since his tenancy is still valid until October). He finds that Ellen is now living at wuthering Heights. He makes his way there and she fills In the rest of the story. Ellen had moved to the Wuthering Heights soon after Lockwood had left to replace the housekeeper who had departed. In March Hareton had had an accident and been confined to the farmhouse . During this time a friendship had developed between Cathy and Hareton. This friendship continues in to April when Heathcliff begins to act strangely , because of seeing visions of Catherine . After not eating for four days he is found dead in his room and then he is buried next to Catherine.. After the conclusion of the dark and cruel tale, wuthering Heights finally offers a glimpse of hope for the future. After Heathcliff dies under mysterious circumstances, Hareton and Cathy Linton are engaged to marry and planning to move to the Grange..And the novel lasts with the sentence "slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth. " While love seems to be the prevailing theme of wuthering Heights, the novel is much more than a romantic love story.
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