'Wuthering Heights' Summary - ThoughtCo Updated on January 17, 2020. Wuthering Heights is a story of love, hate, social status, and revenge set in the moorlands of Northern England at the end of the 18th century. The novel follows the repercussions of the ill-fated love between the impetuous, strong-willed protagonists Catherine "Cathy" Earnshaw and Heathcliff.