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."
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nelly Dean canonical | 7 |
Statements (43)
| 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
|
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.