EBEmily Brontë
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Emily Brontë
Life dates: 1818 AD — 1848 AD
Emily Brontë’s novel gives memorable words to different generations and narrators. Read Catherine’s declaration about Heathcliff beside Nelly’s response to the younger Cathy, preserving the distinction between feeling and conduct.
Life and writing
The catalogue identifies Emily Brontë with lifetime years 1818–1848 and credits David Price for the electronic text. Wuthering Heights places stories inside other people’s recollections, so a sentence’s speaker matters. This checked English edition supplies local context for two existing extracts. Its catalogue HTML ISBN identifies the digital edition; neither the print publisher nor a composition date for the archive passages is established here.
In Chapter IX, Catherine Earnshaw tells Nelly that she and Heathcliff share a nature. Heathcliff leaves after overhearing an earlier part of the conversation, before hearing this declaration. Chapter XXII concerns the younger Catherine and her ill father: Nelly asks that promises made in fear be supported by deeds. The selected extracts match this text under limited normalization. They belong to different speakers and generations, rather than a single statement of the author’s personal advice.
Reading this voice
Read Chapter IX through Heathcliff’s departure, then Chapter XXII through Nelly’s reply. Keep Catherine Earnshaw distinct from her daughter. Notice how an overheard fragment and a fearful promise change what words can accomplish in their scenes.
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