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strong utterance�察�the harshly manifested passions�察�the unbridled aversions�察�

and     headlong     partialities   of  unlettered     moorland     hinds    and    rugged 

moorland squires�察�who have grown up untaught and unchecked�察�except by 

Mentors   as   harsh   as   themselves。 A  large   class   of   readers�察  �likewise�察  �will 

suffer greatly from the introduction into the pages of this work of words 

printed with all their letters�察�which it has become the custom to represent 

by the initial and final letter only ´ a blank line filling the interval。 I may 

as   well   say  at   once that�察 �for  this   circumstance�察 �it   is   out   of   my  power   to 

apologise�察�deeming it�察�myself�察�a rational plan to write words at full length。 

The    practice    of  hinting   by   single   letters  those   expletives    with   which 

profane and violent persons are wont to garnish their discourse�察�strikes me 



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as a proceeding which�察�however well meant�察�is weak and futile。 I cannot 

tell what good it does ´ what feeling it spares ´ what horror it conceals。 

     With regard to the rusticity of 'Wuthering heights��' I admit the charge�察�

for I feel the quality。 It is rustic all through。 It is moorish�察�and wild�察�and 

knotty as a root of heath。 Nor was it natural that it should be otherwise�察�the 

author being herself a native and nursling of the moors。 Doubtless�察�had her 

lot been cast in a town�察�her writings�察�if she had written at all�察�would have 

possessed another character。 Even had chance or taste led her to choose a 

similar subject�察�she would have treated it otherwise。 Had Ellis Bell been a 

lady or a gentleman accustomed to what is called 'the world��' her view of a 

remote and unreclaimed region�察�as well as of the dwellers therein�察�would 

have   differed greatly  from  that   actually  taken   by  the home´bred   country 

girl。 Doubtless it would have been wider ´ more comprehensive�此�whether it 

would have been more original or more truthful is not so certain。 As far as 

the   scenery   and   locality   are   concerned�察  �it   could   scarcely   have   been   so 

sympathetic�此�Ellis Bell did not describe as one whose eye and taste alone 

found pleasure in the prospect�察�her native hills were far more to her than a 

spectacle�察�they were what she lived in�察�and by�察�as much as the wild birds�察�

their  tenants�察  �or   as   the   heather�察  �their   produce。   Her   descriptions�察  �then�察  �of 

natural scenery are what they should be�察�and all they should be。 

     Where       delineation     of   human     character     is  concerned�察     �the   case    is 

different。     I  am   bound     to   avow     that  she   had    scarcely    more     practical 

knowledge of the peasantry amongst whom she lived�察�than a nun has of 

the   country   people   who   sometimes   pass   her   convent   gates。   My   sister's 

disposition      was    not   naturally    gregarious�察     �circumstances       favoured     and 

fostered her tendency to seclusion�察�except to go to church or take a walk 

on the hills�察�she rarely crossed the threshold of home。 Though her feeling 

for   the   people   round   was   benevolent�察  �intercourse   with   them   she   never 

sought�察  �nor�察  �with   very   few   exceptions�察  �ever   experienced。   And   yet   she 

know   them�此  �knew   their   ways�察  �their   language�察  �their   family   histories�察  �she 

could   hear   of   them   with   interest�察  �and   talk   of   them   with   detail�察  �minute�察�

graphic�察  �and   accurate�察  �but   WITH   them�察  �she   rarely   exchanged   a   word。 

Hence it ensued that what her mind had gathered of the real concerning 

them�察  �was   too   exclusively   confined   to   those   tragic   and   terrible   traits   of 



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which�察�in listening to the secret annals of every rude vicinage�察�the memory 

is   sometimes   compelled   to   receive   the   impress。   Her   imagination�察  �which 

was a spirit more sombre than sunny�察�more powerful than sportive�察�found 

in   such   traits   material   whence   it   wrought   creations   like   Heathcliff�察  �like 

Earnshaw�察�like Catherine。 Having formed these beings�察�she did not know 

what she had done。 If the auditor of her work�察�when read in manuscript�察�

shuddered       under    the   grinding     influence     of  natures     so  relentless    and 

implacable�察�of spirits so lost and fallen�察�if it was complained that the mere 

hearing   of   certain   vivid   and   fearful   scenes   banished   sleep   by  night�察  �and 

disturbed mental peace by day�察�Ellis Bell would wonder what was meant�察�

and   suspect   the   complainant of   affectation。   Had   she but   lived�察  �her   mind 

would   of   itself   have   grown   like   a   strong   tree�察  �loftier�察  �straighter�察  �wider´ 

spreading�察�and its matured fruits would have attained a mellower ripeness 

and   sunnier   bloom�察  �but   on   that   mind   time   and   experience   alone   could 

work�此�to the influence of other intellects it was not amenable。 

     Having avowed that over much of 'Wuthering Heights' there broods 'a 

horror     of    great   darkness'�察    �that�察  �in   its   storm´heated       and    electrical 

atmosphere�察�we seem at times to breathe lightning�此�let me point to those 

spots     where    clouded     day´light     and   the   eclipsed    sun    still  attest  their 

existence。 For a specimen of true benevolence and homely fidelity�察�look at 

the character of Nelly Dean�察�for an example of constancy and tenderness�察�

remark   that of   Edgar   Linton。  ��Some  people   will   think   these qualities   do 

not shine so   well incarnate   in   a man   as   they would do   in a   woman�察 �but 

Ellis   Bell   could    never   be   brought   to   comprehend   this   notion�此  �nothing 

moved her more than any insinuation that the faithfulness and clemency�察�

the long´suffering and loving´kindness which are esteemed virtues in the 

daughters   of   Eve�察  �become   foibles   in   the   sons   of   Adam。   She   held   that 

mercy and forgiveness are the divinest attributes of the Great Being who 

made both man and woman�察�and that what clothes the Godhead in glory�察�

can disgrace no form of feeble humanity。�� There is a dry saturnine humour 

in the delineation   of old Joseph�察  �and some glimpses of grace and   gaiety 

animate the younger Catherine。 Nor is even the first heroine of the name 

destitute of a certain strange beauty in her fierceness�察�or of honesty in the 

midst of perverted passion and passionate perversity。 



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     Heathcliff�察  �indeed�察  �stands   unredeemed�察  �never   once   swerving   in   his 

arrow´straight   course   to   perdition�察  �from   the   time   when   'the   little   black´ 

haired   swarthy   thing�察  �as   dark   as   if   it   came   from   the   Devil��'   was   first 

unrolled out of the bundle and set on its feet in the farmhouse kitchen�察�to 

the hour when Nelly Dean found the grim�察�stalwart corpse laid on its back 

in the panel´enclosed bed�察�with wide´gazing eyes that seemed 'to sneer at 

her   attempt   to    close   them�察  �and   parted   lips   and   sharp   white   teeth   that 

sneered too。' 

     Heathcliff betrays one solitary human feeling�察�and that is NOT his love 

for Catherine�察�which is a sentiment fierce and inhuman�此�a passion such as 

might   boil   and   glow   in   the   bad   essence   of   some   evil   genius�察  �a   fire   that 

might form the tormented centre ´ the ever´ suffering soul of a magnate of 

the infernal world�此�and by its quenchless and ceaseless ravage effect the 

execution of the decree which dooms him to carry Hell with him wherever 

he wanders。 No�察�the single link that connects Heathcliff with humanity is 

his rudely´confessed regard for Hareton Earnshaw ´ the young man whom 

he   has   ruined�察  �and   then   his   half´implied   esteem   for   Nelly   Dean。   These 

solitary traits omitted�察�we should say he was child neither of Lascar nor 

gipsy�察�but a man's shape animated by demon life ´ a Ghoul ´ an Afreet。 

     Whether it is right or advisable to create beings like Heathcliff�察�I do 

not know�此�I scarcely think it is。 But this I know�此�the writer who possesses 

the   creative   gift   owns   something   of   which         he   is   not   always   master    ´ 

something that�察�at times�察�strangely wills and works for itself。 He may lay 

down      rules   and    devise    principles�察   �and    to  rules   and    principles    it  will 

perhaps for years lie in subjection�察�and then�察�haply without any warning of 

revolt�察�there comes a time when it will no longer consent to 'harrow the 

valleys�察 �or   be   bound   with   a  band   in the   furrow'   ´   when   it   'laughs   at   the 

multitude   of   the   city�察  �and   regards   not   the   crying   of   the   driver'   ´   when�察�

refusing   absolutely   to   make   ropes   out   of   sea´sand   any   longer�察  �it   sets   to 

work on statue´hewing�察�and you have a Pluto or a Jove�察�a Tisiphone or a 

Psyche�察  �a   Mermaid   or   a   Madonna�察  �as   Fate   or   Inspiration   direct。   Be   the 

work   grim   or   glorious�察  �dread   or   divine�察  �you   have   little   choice   left   but 

quiescent adoption。 As for you ´ the nominal artist ´ your share in it has 

been   to   work   passively   under   dictates   you   neither   delivered   nor   could 



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question   ´   that   would   not   be   uttered   at   your   prayer�察  �nor   suppressed   nor 

changed at your caprice。 If the result be attractive�察�the World will praise 

you�察  �
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