Nelly Dean

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Nelly Dean is the housekeeper whose detailed recollections form the central narrative framework of Emily Brontë’s novel "Wuthering Heights."

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Nelly Dean canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
housekeeper
literary character
narrator
appearsIn Wuthering Heights
associatedWithCharacter Cathy Earnshaw
surface form: Catherine Earnshaw

Catherine Linton
surface form: Cathy Linton

Edgar Linton
Hareton Earnshaw
Heathcliff
Hindley Earnshaw
Isabella Linton
Joseph
associatedWithLocation North York Moors
surface form: Yorkshire moors
caresFor Cathy Earnshaw
surface form: Catherine Earnshaw

Catherine Linton
surface form: Cathy Linton

Hareton Earnshaw
createdBy Emily Brontë
employer Earnshaw family
Earnshaw family and Linton family
surface form: Linton family
fictionalUniverse Wuthering Heights
surface form: Wuthering Heights universe
firstAppearance Wuthering Heights
gender female
householdRole nurse
servant
language English
literaryAnalysisAspect mediator between gentry and servant classes
unreliable narrator
literaryPeriod Victorian literature
loyalToFamily Earnshaw family
Earnshaw family and Linton family
surface form: Linton family
medium novel
narratesTo Lockwood
narrativeFunction provides retrospective account of events at Wuthering Heights and Thrushcross Grange
narrativePerspective first-person
nationality English
occupation housekeeper
roleInWork frame narrator
primary narrator
settingTimePeriod late 18th century and early 19th century England
workPublicationYear 1847
worksAt Thrushcross Grange
Wuthering Heights (estate)
surface form: Wuthering Heights

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