K’s Reviews > Wuthering Heights > Status Update

It’s obvious that Heathcliff is supposed to be Romani. I don’t think Emily was hiding his possible origins from us. I’ve seen people saying the words used to describe him are merely ways to describe anyone who looked racially ambiguous at the time, but these words and descriptions are obviously pointing to Romani origins. “gypsy” and “looks like the son of the fortune teller” are not vague