Isabella Linton

Isabella Linton is a member of the Linton family, who are one of the two landowning families residing on the West Yorkshire moors in Emily Bronte’s novel Wuthering Heights. Her life and experiences are defined by the turbulent relationships that exist between her family and the Earnshaws, particularly concerning the Earnshaws’ foster son, Heathcliff.

As a central figure within this classic work of English literature, Isabella is caught in a narrative driven by intense themes of love, possession, revenge, and reconciliation. Her story is deeply connected to the novel’s setting on the upland estates and its foundation in the traditions of Romanticism and Gothic fiction.