Chapters 15–18: Catherine and Heathcliff share a devastating final meeting, Catherine dies after giving birth to young Cathy, Isabella escapes Heathcliff, and the novel begins shifting toward the next generation.

In Chapters 15–18 of Wuthering Heights, Nelly arranges a secret meeting between Catherine and Heathcliff while Edgar is away at church. The scene is emotionally explosive: Catherine and Heathcliff blame, cling to, and wound each other, revealing how deep their connection remains and how destructive it has become. Soon after, Catherine dies after giving birth to her daughter, young Catherine Linton, usually called Cathy.

Heathcliff’s grief is furious and haunting, and his reaction helps define the novel’s Gothic emotional intensity. Meanwhile, Isabella escapes from Wuthering Heights and later gives birth to He ...