Isabella Linton

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Isabella Linton is a sheltered, upper-class young woman in Emily Brontë’s novel "Wuthering Heights" whose ill-fated marriage to Heathcliff exposes her to cruelty and emotional turmoil.

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Label Occurrences
Isabella Linton canonical 8
Mrs. Linton 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
appearsIn Wuthering Heights
associatedLocation North York Moors
surface form: Yorkshire moors
characterTrait emotionally vulnerable
naive
romantic
sheltered
child Linton Heathcliff
creator Emily Brontë
deathStatus dies before main narrative frame ends
escapeFrom Wuthering Heights (estate)
surface form: Wuthering Heights
familyName Linton
fictionalUniverse Wuthering Heights
surface form: Wuthering Heights universe
firstAppearance Wuthering Heights
gender female
givenName Isabella
guardianOf Linton Heathcliff
literaryGenre Gothic novel
literaryPeriod Victorian literature
marriageOutcome unhappy
movesTo southern England
narrativeFunction illustrates consequences of Heathcliff's revenge
narrativeRole secondary character
nationality English
parentOf Linton Heathcliff
publicationYearOfWork 1847
relationshipToCatherineEarnshaw sister-in-law
relationshipToCatherineLinton aunt
relationshipToEdgarLinton younger sister
relative Cathy Earnshaw
surface form: Catherine Earnshaw

Heathcliff
residence Thrushcross Grange
Wuthering Heights (estate)
surface form: Wuthering Heights
settingPeriod late 18th century
sibling Edgar Linton
socialClass upper class
spouse Heathcliff
suffersFrom domestic violence
emotional abuse
themeInvolvement class and social status
marriage and oppression
revenge and cruelty
victimOf Heathcliff
workLanguage English

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Wuthering Heights mainCharacter Isabella Linton
Heathcliff spouse Isabella Linton
Nelly Dean associatedWithCharacter Isabella Linton
Edgar Linton hasSibling Isabella Linton
Edgar Linton hasRelationshipWith Isabella Linton
Earnshaw family and Linton family hasMember Isabella Linton
subject surface form: Linton family
this entity surface form: Mrs. Linton
Earnshaw family and Linton family hasMember Isabella Linton
subject surface form: Linton family