edgar linton

language: fr

definitions

  1. A central fictional character in Emily Brontë's 1847 novel Wuthering Heights. He is the gentle, well-bred, and aristocratic son of the Linton family, husband to Catherine Earnshaw, and father to young Cathy Linton, often serving as a narrative foil to the passionate and vengeful Heathcliff.
    fr: Personnage de roman

examples

  1. Edgar Linton represents the civilized and refined side of love in contrast to Heathcliff's wild passion.

    Edgar Linton représente le côté civilisé et raffiné de l'amour, par opposition à la passion sauvage de Heathcliff.