Help us make the sleepy bookshelf even better for you. You can vote on which books we should read next at the sleepy bookshelf.com and hit survey. Good evening and welcome to the sleepy bookshelf, where we put down our worries from the day and pick up a good book.

I'm your host, Elizabeth, and it is so lovely to be here with you tonight.

This evening we are returning to Wuthering Heights.

But before we do, find a comfortable position, allowing your body to feel supported.

Gently close your eyes and take a slow, deep breath in.

Hold it for a moment, then release it, letting go of any tension.

Beginning with your feet, feel them relax, melting into the surface beneath you, and let this relaxation move up through

your legs, easing any tightness. Continue to breathe deeply deeply feeling your abdomen rise and fall with each breath and let your chest

and shoulders soften now focus on your hands and arms.

Let them rest comfortably, releasing any stress.

And with every breath, feel your body becoming lighter, your mind quieter.

Picture a calm and soothing image, maybe a clear night sky or a quiet meadow. Feel safe, calm and peaceful. With every breath you are closer to sleep.

As his dinner was served, Lockwood asked his housekeeper Mrs. Dean what she knew about Heathcliff

and Wuthering Heights. She was raised on the the estate as her mother worked for the family.

She recalled Heathcliff being brought home by the master, Mr. Earnshaw, having found him

on the streets of Liverpool all alone.

Mr. Anshaw's children, Kathy and Hindley, didn't take kindly to the small, sullen boy,

and bullied him greatly, until Kathy took a shine to him. She had always been mischievous, and never her father's

favourite, and so she didn't mind the transferring of attention. Hindley, however, hated it, and Heathcliff, as they named him, after a son that had passed away, became even more under the protection of his master.

Heathcliff knew this, and although usually quiet, would use Mr. Anshaw's preference for his

own gain, often threatening to reveal Hindley's bullying to his father in order to get his

own way.

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