# Catherine Linton — Wuthering Heights character guide > Catherine Linton in Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. **Role:** major **Also known as:** Cathy, Miss Cathy, Miss Catherine, young Linton, Miss Linton **First appearance:** 0000-i ## Snapshot Edgar's spirited daughter, raised in the Grange's sheltered calm, who rides out curious and unguarded into the moor's older, harsher claims. ## Who they are Cathy grows up at Thrushcross Grange as her widowed father's companion, bright, headstrong, and largely untested by the world beyond the park. When she finally meets her cousins at Wuthering Heights, her warm, impulsive nature collides with Linton's languid self-pity and Hareton's sullen silence, and she must reckon with family ties she never knew she had. Her sheltered confidence and quick sympathies make her the hinge on which the two households' long estrangement begins to turn. ## Relationships ### [Heathcliff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters/heathcliff) _romantic_ An intense, obsessive, and destructive soulmate bond that transcends social boundaries and fuels the novel's central tragedy. ### [Hareton Earnshaw](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters/hareton_earnshaw) _family_ A familial bond that evolves from initial disdain into a loving, healing relationship after Catherine's widowhood. ### [Nelly Dean](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters/nelly_dean) _professional_ A close but complicated mistress-servant relationship where Nelly acts as a mother figure and confidante. ### [Edgar Linton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters/edgar_linton) _family_ A gentle, loving marriage that is ultimately strained by Catherine's unresolved passion for Heathcliff. ### [Linton Heathcliff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters/linton_heathcliff) _family_ A mother-son relationship marked by distance and Catherine's early death, leaving Linton emotionally stunted. ### [Isabella Linton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters/isabella_linton) _family_ A strained sister-in-law relationship marked by Catherine's cruelty and Isabella's eventual hatred. ### [Hindley Earnshaw](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters/hindley_earnshaw) _family_ A sibling relationship poisoned by Hindley's resentment and Catherine's defiance after their father's death. ### [Joseph](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters/joseph) _social_ A hostile relationship defined by Joseph's judgmental religious piety and Catherine's rebellious nature. ### [Heathcliff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters/heathcliff) _romantic_ An intense, obsessive, and destructive soulmate bond that transcends social boundaries and fuels the novel's central tragedy. ### [Nelly Dean](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters/nelly_dean) _professional_ A close but complicated mistress-servant relationship where Nelly acts as a mother figure and confidante. ### [Heathcliff](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters/heathcliff) _romantic_ An intense, obsessive, and destructive soulmate bond that transcends social boundaries and fuels the novel's central tragedy. ### [Hareton Earnshaw](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters/hareton_earnshaw) _family_ A familial bond that evolves from initial disdain into a loving, healing relationship after Catherine's widowhood. ## In the story ### [Chapter II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/chapters/ii) Referred to as Mrs. Heathcliff, young and scornful, refuses to help Lockwood, burns matches, curses the household. ### [Chapter X](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/chapters/x) Teases Isabella about her feelings for Heathcliff, defends Heathcliff to Edgar, and reconciles with Edgar after a quarrel. ### [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/chapters/xi) Defends Heathcliff, argues with Edgar, and shows jealousy and defiance. ### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/chapters/xii) Falls gravely ill after a fit of passion, refuses to eat, and experiences hallucinations and delirium, mistaking her own reflection for a ghost. ### [XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/chapters/xiv) Catherine is mentioned as recovering from illness but changed in appearance and character. Heathcliff insists she still loves him more than Edgar. ### [XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/chapters/xv) Ill and emotionally fragile, she receives Heathcliff's letter and clings to him during their final meeting. ### [XVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/chapters/xvi) Born prematurely as a puny, seven-months' child; her mother dies shortly after her birth. ### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/chapters/xviii) Young Cathy is described as a beautiful, spirited child with a sensitive heart and a perverse will. She disobeys orders, ventures to Wuthering Heights, and meets Hareton, but is insulted when he treats her as a servant. ### [XIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/chapters/xix) Excitedly awaits her father's return and eagerly anticipates meeting her cousin Linton, showing her affectionate and playful nature. ### [XXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/chapters/xxi) Grieves Linton's departure, later forgets him; at sixteen, she rambles on the moor and mocks Hareton's illiteracy. ### [Chapter XXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/chapters/xxii) Saddened and subdued after abandoning her romance with Linton; she mourns her father's illness and fears being left alone. ### [XXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/chapters/xxiii) Visits Linton at Wuthering Heights, quarrels with him, but shows remorse and a desire to care for him; later nurses Nelly devotedly during her illness. ### [XXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/chapters/xxiv) Secretly visits Wuthering Heights daily to see Linton, struggles with his temper and her own guilt. ### [XXV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/chapters/xxv) Devoted to her father, she persuades him to allow weekly rides with Linton, unaware of Heathcliff's manipulation. ### [XXVI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/chapters/xxvi) Visits Linton with Nelly, grows disappointed by his changed demeanor, but agrees to return. ### [XXVII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/chapters/xxvii) Desperate to return to her dying father, Edgar Linton, but is forcibly detained by Heathcliff. She shows courage in defying Heathcliff but is physically abused. ### [XXVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/chapters/xxviii) Escapes Wuthering Heights with Linton's help; returns to Thrushcross Grange to be with her dying father. ### [XXIX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/chapters/xxix) Defiantly agrees to return to Wuthering Heights with Heathcliff, declaring her love for Linton Heathcliff and pity for Heathcliff's misery. ### [Chapter XXX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/chapters/xxx) Widowed and destitute, she is trapped at Wuthering Heights, defiant yet broken, feeling 'like death' after being left to nurse Linton alone. ### [Chapter XXXI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/chapters/xxxi) Sulky and less spirited; she taunts Hareton about his reading attempts and is distressed by the loss of her books. ### [Chapter XXXII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/chapters/xxxii) Grows restless after Heathcliff's death but gradually forms a bond with Hareton, teaching him to read and eventually becoming his friend and ally. ### [Chapter XXXIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/chapters/xxxiii) Defiantly challenges Heathcliff over planting flowers and defends Hareton; shows a softening attitude toward Hareton and regrets past attempts to turn him against Heathcliff. ### [XXXIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/chapters/xxxiv) Catherine (young Cathy) notices Heathcliff's unusual demeanor and reports his strange, cheerful appearance to Nelly and Hareton. ## Links - HTML: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters/catherine_linton - Book: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se - All characters: https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/wuthering_heights_se/characters