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Both Austen and Catherine portray Catherine's life in heroic terms—Austen humorously, and Catherine seriously, especially when she suspects General Tilney of murdering his wife.
- Henry Tilney
Henry is often amused by Catherine's naïve nature, and...
- Isabella Thorpe
Isabella manages to weasel a marriage proposal out of James,...
- Henry Tilney
Catherine Morland is the heroine of Jane Austen's 1817 novel Northanger Abbey. A modest, kind-hearted ingénue, she is led by her reading of Gothic literature to misinterpret much of the social world she encounters.
- Richard Morland, Mrs Morland
- Northanger Abbey/Woodston Parsonage
- Female
- James Morland (brother), Sarah "Sally" Morland (sister), George Morland (brother), Harriet Morland (sister), 2 elder brothers, 3 younger siblings
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May 26, 2021 · Much of the description of the Abbey and of the Tilneys come to us from Austen’s heroine, Catherine Morland. Catherine comes to Bath with dreams of highwaymen and Gothic heroes. She is a 17-year-old girl who loves reading Gothic novels.
Jan 19, 2008 · Catherine, NA’s heroine, is sweet, adorable, and unworldly. As she reads her favorite gothic novels, she can imagine herself in the same perilous situations as the fictional heroines.
It starred Lola Herrera as Catalina (Catherine) Morland, Alicia Hermida as Isabela Thorpe, and Pepe Martín as Henry Tilney. The A&E Network and the BBC released the television adaptation Northanger Abbey in 1987.
- Jane Austen
- United Kingdom
- 1817
- 1818 (published on December 20, 1817, although the title page is dated 1818)
Catherine is someone we laugh at, but she is someone we root for as well. Through Catherine, Austen not only points out the assumptions and absurdities of the Gothic novel, but also makes Catherine the focal point of one of the novel's main concerns: growing up.
Henry Tilney is the leading man in Jane Austen 's 1817 novel Northanger Abbey. The younger son of a local landowner, Tilney is comfortably placed as a beneficed clergyman on his father's estate. Character. Tilney, with his teasing yet kind-hearted mentorship of Catherine, has been considered the nicest of Austen's heroes. [1] .
