Wuthering Heights, sammanfattning av Chapter 31

Handling

1. Lockwood visits the Heights and brings Catherine a letter from his housekeeper, which Hareton briefly withholds before giving it back.
2. Catherine describes losing her books and mocks Hareton’s secret attempts to learn, despite Lockwood’s defense of him.
3. Hareton returns his books, but Catherine continues taunting him; he strikes her and throws the books into the fire.
4. Heathcliff returns and privately expresses distress over Hareton’s growing resemblance to an unnamed woman.
5. Lockwood announces his intended departure, shares a gloomy dinner, and rides away imagining Catherine accompanying him to town.

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Lockwood defends Hareton’s attempts to learn. His appeal contrasts helpful teaching with Catherine’s humiliating treatment.

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