Wuthering Heights, Chapter 14 summary
Chapter 14 of 34 · 14 min to read the chapter
In Chapter 14, Ellen Dean visits Isabella at Wuthering Heights, where Heathcliff humiliates his wife and demands access to the recovering Catherine Linton. By threatening confinement and a violent intrusion, he forces Ellen to carry a letter and conditionally help arrange a secret visit, despite her doubts about betraying Edgar.
What happens
- Edgar refuses to write to Isabella or visit her, and Ellen carries a softened account of his response to Wuthering Heights.
- Heathcliff questions Ellen about Catherine's illness and insists that his love exceeds Edgar's.
- Heathcliff mocks Isabella's mistaken hopes, describes his cruelty, and claims that she can leave.
- Isabella says she fears another escape attempt and accuses Heathcliff of marrying her to gain power over Edgar.
- Heathcliff threatens Ellen with confinement until she agrees to carry Catherine a letter and conditionally help him visit.
- Ellen interrupts her account to meet Kenneth, and Lockwood resolves to resist Catherine Heathcliff's attraction.
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What to notice
Heathcliff’s declaration follows his forceful removal of Isabella. It makes his refusal of compassion explicit before he turns his threats against Ellen.
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