# Wuthering Heights — Character guide

> Key figures in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte.

- [Catherine Linton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters/catherine_linton.md): The daughter of Catherine Earnshaw and Edgar Linton, later married to Linton Heathcliff.
- [Heathcliff](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters/heathcliff.md): A foundling brought to Wuthering Heights who becomes a brooding, vengeful master.
- [Hareton Earnshaw](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters/hareton_earnshaw.md): The son of Hindley Earnshaw, raised as a rough laborer by Heathcliff.
- [Joseph](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters/joseph.md): A pious, ill-tempered servant at Wuthering Heights who speaks in a thick dialect.
- [Nelly Dean](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters/nelly_dean.md): The housekeeper and primary narrator who recounts the story to Mr. Lockwood.
- [Edgar Linton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters/edgar_linton.md): The gentle, refined master of Thrushcross Grange who marries Catherine Earnshaw.
- [Hindley Earnshaw](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters/hindley_earnshaw.md): Catherine's brother who becomes a bitter, abusive drunkard after his wife's death.
- [Catherine Earnshaw](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters/catherine_earnshaw.md): The passionate, headstrong daughter of the Earnshaw family who loves Heathcliff.
- [Mr. Linton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters/mr_linton_senior.md): The patriarch of the Linton family at Thrushcross Grange.
- [Linton Heathcliff](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters/linton_heathcliff.md): The sickly son of Heathcliff and Isabella, forced into marriage with young Cathy.
- [Isabella Linton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters/isabella_linton.md): Edgar's sister who elopes with Heathcliff and later flees him.
- [Zillah](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters/zillah.md): A servant at Wuthering Heights who assists Nelly and Lockwood.
- [Mr. Lockwood](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters/mr_lockwood.md): The narrator who rents Thrushcross Grange and hears the story from Nelly.
- [Kenneth](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters/kenneth.md): The local doctor who attends the Earnshaws and Lintons.
- [Jabez Branderham](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters/jabez_branderham.md): A clergyman who preaches a long sermon in Lockwood's dream.
- [Frances Earnshaw](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters/frances_earnshaw.md): Hindley's wife who dies shortly after giving birth to Hareton.
- [Michael](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters/michael.md): A servant at Wuthering Heights mentioned in passing.
- [Mr. Green](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters/mr_green.md): A lawyer who handles legal matters for the Linton and Earnshaw families.

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