A character in Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Hindley Earnshaw's giddy young wife, brought home unexpectedly after old Earnshaw's funeral; mother of Hareton, she dies of consumption soon after his birth.
Also known as: Frances, the mistress
Inside the story
Frances Earnshaw is Hindley Earnshaw's giddy young wife, brought unexpectedly to Wuthering Heights after the funeral of old Mr. Earnshaw. As the new mistress of the house, she joins a family already strained by changes in Hindley's position and household.
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