Setting
Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë
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Wuthering Heights: Setting 1 key example

Definition of Setting

Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or it can be an imagined... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the city of New York, or... read full definition
Setting is where and when a story or scene takes place. The where can be a real place like the... read full definition

Key Examples in Wuthering Heights

Setting
Explanation and Analysis:

Wuthering Heights is set between the early 1770s and the end of 1802 in the Yorkshire moors of northern England. Moors are a kind of boggy, hilly upland marked by low-growing vegetation such as heather and gorse. Emily Brontë grew up in Haworth, a West Yorkshire village, and likely envisioned Wuthering Heights in a place like Haworth. In the novel, the city of Liverpool is a 60-mile journey from Wuthering Heights, and Haworth is a comparable distance from Liverpool.