Round 4: Tossup 8

A character with this first name falsely believes that General Tilney is a murderer due to her desire to be a Gothic heroine. That (10[1])character with this name is the protagonist (10[1])of Jane Austen’s Northanger Abbey. In another novel, a character with this name bullies her cousin Hareton due to his illiteracy. In that novel’s frame story, a ghost with this name tells (10[1])Mr. Lockwood to let her in after (10[1])he discovers (10[1])her diary. That character (10[1])with this first name has her story told by the housekeeper Nelly Dean, including her marriage to Edgar Linton and romance with Heathcliff. (10[1])For 10 points, give this first name of the female protagonist (10[1])of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Catherine [or Cathy; accept Catherine Moreland or Catherine Earnshaw or Cathy Earnshaw or Catherine Linton or Cathy Linton]
<Editors, British Literature> | Packet E
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