"As the wind and rain beat down on the isolated farmhouse, the new neighbour, Mr.Lockwood visits his surly landlord, Heathcliff. When foul weather prohibits his return, Lockwood is forced to spend a torrid night in the appropriately named Wuthering Heights. On his return home, Lockwood discovers the tumultuous story of how Heathcliff, a foundling, came to own both houses, of his love for Catherine Earnshaw and why he stalks the house like a man in purgatory. -- Container.