0) Job advertisements were often placed in small town newspapers or "word" was left through the local post office about an available position where workers often knew to enquire about job opportunities.
             Before the 19th century, the basis of the class system in England was land ownership. Land holdings dictated social status, the prominence of the family name and opportunities for marriage. Estates were passed on throughout generations and land holdings stayed in families for so long that they often took on names (such as Wuthering Heights or Thrushcross Grange) that were known for miles around. At the start of the 19th century however, the emerging opportunities for wealth came from the industrialization that was taking place all over Europe. A great number of lands previously owned by the wealthier gentry were now in the hands of the new capitalists. (Moss 2001) For example: it has been speculated that Heathcliff gains his mysterious wealth during his time abroad through such means. When he comes back, he secures his social standing by acquiring Wuthering Heights after Hindley's death. He is awarded the status of a gentleman by the community around the Heights despi!
             te the fact that he originally was an orphan found on a Liverpool street. Heathcliff is able to go around financial limitations to acquire for himself a name in society through the means of this "new money."
             Theoretically, Wuthering Heights takes place from 1770 to 1802, a ti
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