Chapter 1-3 of Wuthering Heights, a unique and rigorous start

After reading the whole novel Wuthering Heights and then looking at the beginning and the end, we will find that the arrangement of the author is very clever; the plot echoes back and forth, forming a perfect closed loop The first three chapters of the novel are diaries, which narrate Lockwood's unique experience in Wuthering Heights in the first person In addition to the time, place and main characters, there are several suspense left in this story, which raises the readers' appetite and makes them eager to know what happened in this manor London youth (I) Lockwood likes to live in At the beginning of 1801, he rented Thrushcross Grange in the countryside to experience the quiet and lonely rural life here Having arranged his accommodation, he walked four miles to Wuthering Heights, intending to visit Heathcliff, the landlord of the Grange He was not received politely and was impressed by the strange behavior of his master and servant, Joseph The next day, Lockwood came to Wuthering Heights again, braved the heavy snow, and saw the blonde Catherine and the shabby young man Hareton At first, he thought that the former was Mrs Heathcliff, and later mistakenly believed that she was the latter's daughter-in-law, but all of them were denied by the landlord Heathcliff told him that Catherine was the daughter-in-law of his late son, while Hareton was the son of Hindley Catherine was a blonde, seventeen or eighteen years old; she was noble, but cold in appearance, and rude to her guests Hareton looked good, but he was poorly dressed, rude, and dirty They eat at the same table as the landlord, but they don't talk to each other The atmosphere, coupled with the family's inexplicable relationship, made Lockwood uncomfortable After supper, it was dark Heavy snow covered the way back to Thrushcross Grange Lockwood asked to stay, but the landlord refused Later, persuaded by several others, the landlord reluctantly agreed Zillah, the maid, led him to an empty room on the second floor, which had a sleeping compartment like a big wooden box Lockwood found several books with Catherine Earnshaw's signature on the windowsill He picked up a book and read a strange review by candle light Looking at it, he fell asleep, and then had a nightmare, dreaming that Catherine Earnshaw had become a little girl with a pale face; she stood in the sad wind and rain, with her hair in her hair, and begged him to open the window so that she could come in She put her arm in the broken window, but was bleeding from the glass Lockwood called out in horror in his dream, alerting the landlord Lockwood told the landlord about his dream, and found that he was shocked and pale He acted strangely and prayed something out of the window Lockwood returned to Thrushcross Grange in a hurry after daybreak the next morning He fell ill in bed with fright and cold.