Thrushcross Grange

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Thrushcross Grange is a grand, genteel country house in Emily Brontë’s novel "Wuthering Heights," symbolizing social refinement and contrast to the wildness of Wuthering Heights.

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Wuthering Heights (house) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional country house
literary location
appearsIn Wuthering Heights NERFINISHED
architecturalStyle elegant Georgian-style country house
associatedWithFamily Linton family NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme class distinction
conflict between nature and culture
domestication of passion
social aspiration
contrastedWithEnvironmentOf the wild moorland around Wuthering Heights
contrastsWith Wuthering Heights NERFINISHED
countryOfOriginOfWork United Kingdom
creator Emily Brontë NERFINISHED
describedAs comfortable
genteel
grand
luxurious
well-furnished
firstKnownOwnerInNarrative Mr. Linton NERFINISHED
firstPublicationOfWork 1847
hasOwner Linton family NERFINISHED
inhabitedBy Catherine Earnshaw NERFINISHED
Cathy Linton NERFINISHED
Edgar Linton NERFINISHED
Isabella Linton NERFINISHED
Nelly Dean NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
laterOwnedBy Heathcliff NERFINISHED
linkedCharacterArc Catherine Earnshaw’s social ambitions
Edgar Linton’s refinement and weakness
Heathcliff’s desire for social power
locatedInFictionalRegion the Yorkshire moors NERFINISHED
medium novel
narrativeViewpointFrom Lockwood NERFINISHED
Nelly Dean NERFINISHED
rentedBy Lockwood NERFINISHED
surroundedBy cultivated parkland
gardens
symbolizes civilization
culture
genteel society
material comfort
order
social refinement
social status
timePeriodOfSetting late 18th century

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Heathcliff associatedPlace Thrushcross Grange
Edgar Linton associatedWithPlace Thrushcross Grange
Edgar Linton livesAt Thrushcross Grange
Earnshaw family and Linton family locatedInFictionalPlace Thrushcross Grange
subject surface form: Linton family
Cathy Earnshaw residence Thrushcross Grange
this entity surface form: Wuthering Heights (house)
Cathy Earnshaw residence Thrushcross Grange
Isabella Linton residence Thrushcross Grange
Lockwood residesAt Thrushcross Grange
Lockwood tellsStoryOf Thrushcross Grange
Nelly Dean worksAt Thrushcross Grange