I must say that the second volume of Brontë's novel intrigued me much more than the first. Within the first few lines on the next volume, Cathy is pronounced dead after giving birth to her and Edgar's daughter, Catherine. Isabella Linton also gives birth after running away from an abusive Heathcliff to a baby boy named Linton, after her family. However, after Nelly states she nursed and cared for the beautiful, headstrong Catherine for thirteen years, Isabella dies and Linton comes to live with his uncle Edgar and cousin Catherine. Although, this takes a nasty turn as Linton is a sickly boy and Heathcliff demands he come live with his father at Wuthering Heights where he treats Linton even worse than he did Isabella.

One day whilst wandering out on the moors, young Catherine encounters Hareton, Hindley's son. (Hindley is the brother of older Catherine, and during my reading of the first volume, i didn't realise how relevant he would be to the rest of the novel.) Young Catherine and Hareton play together. Heathcliff then introduces Catherine to Linton and the two begin a deep love mainly through letters until Nelly finds them and burns them as Edgar does not want his daughter to be associated with the Heathcliffs. Despite this, a now older Catherine begins to sneak out from the Grange to nurse and meet with Linton. They confess their love for each other however Catherine soon finds out that Linton is being abused by Heathcliff as well and is only pursuing her because Heathcliff has forced him to, in hopes that they will marry, Linton will die and therefore Heathcliff will own both the Heights and the Grange, taking true revenge on a dying Edgar for marrying his love. Nelly and Catherine are eventually kept prisoner at the heights until Catherine agrees to marry Linton. Realising she might not see her father before he dies she agrees and quickly escapes back to the Grange before he dies. Heathcliff then proceeds to keep Catherine at the Heights as a common slave, along with Hareton and Nelly's story to Mr Lockwood catches up to the present.

Lockwood, appalled by the story told by Nelly, finds Heathcliff and tells him he shall no longer rent Thrushcross Grange and moves back to London. Six months pass and Mr. Lockwood returns to the moors to speak to Nelly, who is at the Heights now, after being instructed by Heathcliff to come there, and finds out that Heathcliff has died. Nelly tells the story of what has happened since Lockwood's departure. Catherine, resembling her mother with her headstrong agression, yet with a gentler aspect thanks to her father, reminds Heathcliff a lot of his lover, and Heathcliff often leaves the house to go on ramblings. Catherine often makes fun of how Hareton is practically illterate, (due to Heathcliff cancelling his education after his father, Hindley, died) and Hareton is agrivated at this. Althought, eventually the two realise they like each other and begin a realtionship. Heathcliff confesses to Nelly that despite it being eighteen years since Cathy's death, he thinks of her always. That he is becoming obsessed with the memory of her and sees her face in the clouds, other people's faces and his own reflection. He becomes so obsessed he has to "remind himself to breathe, or for his heart to beat.". After four days without food or water, Heathcliff dies aswell. Hareton and Catherine plan to marry the next new years day in 1803, and move back into the Grange. The people living around the moors and nearby town of Gimmerton swear they sometimes see Heathcliff's ghost. After hearing the end of Nelly's story, Lockwood leaves to visit the graves of Cathy and Heathcliff.

The novel enticed me not for it's plot but actually the character development. All the characters play a vital part in helping the reader understand the true meaning. They also contribute into how everything is revealed at the end. There are many themes presented in this novel. Love, betrayal, passion, hope and religion are just some of them.

What i truly loved about this novel (and at some points hated) was how evil Heathcliff was. It showed that the course of events in someone's life can change and affect anyone. Again the vocabulary i found was very rich and most of the time the events within the novel could be told within three pages rather than thirty, and this annoyed me. I could have loved this novel for the characters, their developments, the themes and plot lines more, if it were not for the extensive vocabulary and Brontë's need to elaborate every minor detail. Apart from that, and despite my constant moaning for wanting to finally finish the novel, i did enjoy it, and it is a classic i am sure to remember for a while.