-the bronte sisters (charlotte, emily and anne; pictured above) were a talented bunch of british women writers and all published their works under male pen names (charlotte wrote jane eyre). emily published wuthering heights in 1847 and died just 1 year later @ age 30. over 100 years later, emily bronte was called a "female shakespeare" (she was finally fully acknowledged for her talents)
-chapter 1 of wuthering heights starts off w/ mr. lockwood as narrator, whose new landlord is heathcliff. the setting of the novel, including heathcliff's estate, is "a perfect misanthropist's heaven" (according to lockwood). lockwood recalls an earlier failed romantic adventure when he was on vacation on the coast: he discovers a "real goddess in my eyes" and claims it was painfully obvious he liked her. she returns his gazes (believing he's interested in her, which he is).
-BUT, instead of making a move, he "at every glance retired colder and farther." the time this is all taking place in is 1801, making heathcliff c. 37 yrs. old. readers can gain insight into heathcliff's personality thru his treatment of his dogs (he is extremely brutal to people and his pets, although he claims that's not what his dogs are there for).
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