Earnshaw

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Earnshaw is the surname of the family in Emily Brontë’s novel "Wuthering Heights" that takes in and raises the orphaned protagonist Heathcliff.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional family
appearsIn Wuthering Heights NERFINISHED
associatedWithCharacter Catherine Earnshaw NERFINISHED
Heathcliff NERFINISHED
Hindley Earnshaw NERFINISHED
associatedWithLocation Wuthering Heights (house) NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme family conflict
inheritance
love and obsession
social class
contrastedWithFamily Linton NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin England
createdBy Emily Brontë NERFINISHED
familyNameOf Catherine Earnshaw NERFINISHED
Hindley Earnshaw NERFINISHED
Mr. Earnshaw NERFINISHED
Mrs. Earnshaw NERFINISHED
familyRoleInWork central family in Wuthering Heights
fictionalUniverse Wuthering Heights universe NERFINISHED
firstPublicationOfWork 1847
languageOfWork English
raises Heathcliff NERFINISHED
residesAt Wuthering Heights (house) NERFINISHED
setInRegion Yorkshire NERFINISHED
takesIn Heathcliff NERFINISHED
timePeriod early 19th century
late 18th century
workPublishedUnderPseudonymOfAuthor Ellis Bell NERFINISHED

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Heathcliff adoptiveFamilyName Earnshaw
Cathy Earnshaw familyName Earnshaw
Hareton Earnshaw familyName Earnshaw