Sammendrag av Wuthering Heights, Chapter 13

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1. Edgar nurses Catherine through her illness, and she gradually gains strength, though her sadness remains.
2. Catherine moves downstairs, and the household hopes her pregnancy brings Edgar an heir.
3. Isabella announces her marriage, then sends Ellen a letter describing her arrival at Wuthering Heights.
4. Hareton threatens Isabella with a dog, Joseph refuses assistance, and Mr. Earnshaw reveals his desire to kill Heathcliff.
5. After quarrels over food and sleeping arrangements, Isabella breaks her dishes, cleans the mess, and finds shelter in Hareton’s room.
6. Heathcliff rejects Isabella’s claim to share his room and threatens her as a substitute target for Edgar.

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Isabella’s closing declaration makes her rejection of Heathcliff explicit. It turns her account of household discomfort into a direct admission of marital misery.

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