MelanieHitchens
Death in Wuthering Heights is rarely final. The dying have secrets, the living have agendas, and the dead will have their way.
Clara Green is an orphan who learns of the death of her mother, Nelly Dean, through a letter from a Mr. Lockwood. This stranger writes to Clara imploring her to attend Nelly's funeral at Thrushcross Grange in Wuthering Heights. Clara recognizes her mother's death and the fancy invitation as an opportunity to escape her meager life. She has no desire to learn about her late mother or discover who her father is. In fact, she hopes the man is dead along with her newly discovered mother. Hoping to seduce Mr. Lockwood into marriage, she is not prepared for the ghosts she encounters.
*All characters except for Clara are creations of Emily Brontë. This is fanfiction for The Wuthering Heights Reimagined Writing Contest.
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