The Novel

Read Wuthering Heights in full below, chapter by chapter. Each chapter is given a short descriptive subtitle of my own — Emily Brontë did not title them herself — to help you find a particular point in the story.

Important scenes are marked with a pointing hand on large displays or a star on smaller ones.

  1. Volume I
  2. Chapter 1 A visit to Wuthering Heights
  3. Chapter 2 A singular family
  4. Chapter 3 The ghost at the window
  5. Chapter 4 Arrival of a foundling
  6. Chapter 5 The death of Mr Earnshaw
  7. Chapter 6 New acquaintances
  8. Chapter 7 Catherine becomes a lady
  9. Chapter 8 The disintegration of the Earnshaws
  10. Chapter 9 The disappearance of Heathcliff
  11. Chapter 10 Mr Heathcliff returns
  12. Chapter 11 "The milk-blooded coward"
  13. Chapter 12 Delirium
  14. Chapter 13 Isabella learns her fate
  15. Chapter 14 The mediator
  16. Volume II
  17. Chapter 15 The final meeting
  18. Chapter 16 Live and death
  19. Chapter 17 The master of Wuthering Heights
  20. Chapter 18 The explorer
  21. Chapter 19 A sickly child
  22. Chapter 20 Father and son
  23. Chapter 21 Young love
  24. Chapter 22 An invitation from Heathcliff
  25. Chapter 23 The wiles of Linton
  26. Chapter 24 Deeper in
  27. Chapter 25 Mr Linton considers the future
  28. Chapter 26 An ominous meeting
  29. Chapter 27 Prisoners
  30. Chapter 28 The last of the Lintons
  31. Chapter 29 The triumph of Heathcliff
  32. Chapter 30 Catherine alone
  33. Chapter 31 Mr Lockwood takes his leave
  34. Chapter 32 Many changes
  35. Chapter 33 The haunted soul
  36. Chapter 34 Unions