Wuthering Heights

Summary: This story is told through several frames. The narrator is Mr. Lockwood, who has moved into a house called Thrushcross Grange. He is recounting a story that the housekeeper, Nelley, is telling him about the owner of Thrushcross Grange (Heathcliff) and the people he grew up with. Heathcliff was adopted by the parents of Catherine and Hindley, and Nelley tells about the relationship that developed between Heathcliff and the other members of the dysfunctional family. She traces the story all the way to Heathcliff's adulthood, and she tells Mr. Lockwood of the surprising amount of cruelty that took place in his house.