Edgar Linton
(1762–1801)

Biographical

Edgar was born before September in 1762 to Mr and Mrs Linton. Serious, polished and cultured, he marries Catherine Earnshaw at Thrushcross Grange in the spring or early summer of 1783. He truly loves Catherine, indulging her and making her happy, despite her continuing obsession with his rival, Heathcliff. After her death, he retreats from the world in grief, and as his own health is failing, he is troubled over the fate of his daughter by Catherine, also named Catherine. He sends for his lawyer, Mr Green, to amend his will to stop Heathcliff from inheriting the Grange, but Mr Green delays his arrival deliberately, betraying Edgar in favour of Heathcliff. Edgar dies on the 5th of September 1801, with his daughter by his side. Heathcliff soon becomes master of Thrushcross Grange.

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